Sahara Forest Project

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The Sahara Forest Project Team has been developing a unique combination of technologies enabling sustainable production of freshwater, energy, crops and ecosystem-services from seawater, sunlight and nutrients. Until now, the partners behind the Sahara Forest Project consisted of Seawater Greenhouse, Exploration Architecture and Max Fordham Consulting Engineers. As of June 2009, The Bellona Foundation joins the Sahara Forest Project as a fourth partner.

Visit www.saharaforestproject.com -- the website dedicated to the project.

Download PDF document to read more about the project.

You can also watch the presentation of the Sahara Forest Project from COP15 in Copenhagen here.

ARTICLES
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[ 16.06.2011 ]
“We´re going to make the desert in Qatar green!”
PRESS RELEASE: Fertilizer companies contribute to growth of Sahara Forest Project. The Sahara Forest Projects enters into cooperation with Yara, the world largest supplier of fertilizer and the Qatari company Qafco, the world’s largest single site producer of urea and ammonia.
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Sahara Forest Project Foundation / Screenergy

[ 11.01.2011 ]
First Sahara Forest deal kicks off ambitious green desert project in Jordan
A land use deal inked today in Jordan sets the scene for the unfolding of a daring project that may just yet turn Sahara into a green oasis. Bellona’s president Frederic Hauge, who has travelled to Jordan to take part in the signing, called the agreement “a giant step forward in our efforts to realise the Sahara Forest Project."
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(Foto: Anne Karin Sæther)

[ 20.09.2010 ]
Bellona to Clinton Global Initiative
Bellona President Frederic Hauge has been invited to the Clinton Global Initiative starting in New York today. The Sahara Forest Project, where Bellona is one of the main partners, will be presented as a ”CGI Commitment to Action.”
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(Illustrasjon: Prosjektlab/Bellona)

[ 24.09.2009 ]
Sahara Forest Project to be presented in New York during week of high-level diplomatic meetings
NEW YORK – Bellona is presenting the Sahara Forest Project, a unique system enabling sustainable production of freshwater, energy, crops and ecosystem-services from seawater, sunlight and nutrients, at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York this week.
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(Illustrasjon: Prosjektlab/Bellona)

[ 04.06.2009 ]
Making the deserts green
SARPSBORG, Norway - The Bellona Foundation will be one of four partners in the auspicious Sahara Forest Project to fight climate change, water scarcity and produce more biomass for clean energy.
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