Charcoal production
Practical Action
Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff
CF10 5FL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)29 20 408990
Fax: +44 (0)29 20 408999
E-mail: Christina Woodman christina.woodman@sustainable-energy.co.uk
Sustainable Energy website www.sustainable-energy.co.uk
A small private energy consultancy and technology development company in the UK. BES has just
completed the development of a prototype charcoal making system. This is a very innovative system
that makes charcoal and uses the by-product gases to generate electricity. The development of the
prototype has been part supported by the DTI.
Pro-Natura International
15, avenue de Ségur, 75007
Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 59 97 98 / Mob. +33 (0)6 80 61 09 36
E-mail: pro-natura@wanadoo.fr
Website: http://www.pronatura.org/
Pro-Natura International was started in Brazil in 1985 and by 1992 had become one of the very first
'Southern' NGOs to be internationalised following the Rio Conference. The head office of Pro-Natura
International is currently situated in Paris, France with offices in Brazil, USA, Ghana, Nigeria and
the UK.
Pro-Natura UK
Tubney House, Abingdon Road
Tubney, Oxon 0X13 5QL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1865 241044, Fax: +44 (0)1865 393101,
E-mail: pronaturauk@dsl.pipex.com
In an attempt to reduce deforestation, Pro-Natura has developed Green-Charcoal. This technological
innovation, using agricultural residues and unused biomass, produces an environmentally friendly
and economically competitive alternative to wood. Carbon sequestration is another means of
mitigating global warming. Reforestation and agroforestry practices allow the excess of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere to be stored in trees and in soil (in the form of organic matter). The
consequent revitalization of the soil also improves agricultural productivity. In this field Pro-Natura
collaborates with Eco-Carbone.
Practical Action
The Schumacher Centre
Bourton-on-Dunsmore
Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9QZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1926 634400
Fax: +44 (0)1926 634401
E-mail: inforserv@practicalaction.org.uk
Website: http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/
Practical Action is a development charity with a difference. We know the simplest ideas can have the
most profound, life-changing effect on poor people across the world. For over 40 years, we have been
working closely with some of the world’s poorest people - using simple technology to fight poverty and
transform their lives for the better. We currently work in 15 countries in Africa, South Asia and Latin
America.
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