Sahara Forest Project

FARMLAND

FOREST

RURAL AREAS

PERMAFROST

DESERT

FRESHWATER

ICE

SALTWATER

FARMLAND

POPULATION

BN PEOPLE

ENERGYCONSUMPTI

ONEJ

ENERGYRELATED

CO2

EMISSIONSGt CO2

DEMANDFOR CEREAL

MT / YEAR

WATER SCARCITY

BN AFFECTED

ARID AREASHA IN

MILLIONS

MEGATRENDS 2010 - 2050

6.9 9.3 490

1000

30 57 2100

3000

0.7 4.1 2550

3125

TRENDS CAN BE TURNED

RETHINKING RESOURCE USE AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TO CREATE RESTORATIVE GROWTH

EXTRACTIVE

SUSTAINABLE

RESTORATIVE

RETHINKING RESOURCES

TRADITIONAL INTEGRATED

RESOURCES

PRODUCTION WASTE PRODUCT

RETHINKING PRODUCT SYSTEMS

RESTORATIVE GROWTH

Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway“This is an example of the need for new and environmental friendly technologies to contribute to both increase the global production of food, but at the same time reduce the global emissions of greenhouse gasses.”

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar“I think this will not be important only to Qatar, but to the whole region and elsewhere where they have the same climate as Qatar. So, I have a lot of hope.”Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy Commissioner“The Sahara Forest Project appears to be a very interesting example of the more integrated and holistic kind of thinking that we will need a lot more of in the future to make our energy, water and industrial systems more sustainable.”

ENDORSEMENTS

Olav Kjørven, Assistant Secretary-General of UNDP“This is a gold standard in a day and age where we have a hot and crowded planet, and we need to move towards a low-carbon future fast.”

ATTENTION AND SUPPORT

SFP GREENHOUSESALTWATER AS THE BASIS FOR CULTIVATION OF TRADITIONAL CROPS

SFP GREENHOUSE

REVEGETATION FACILITIESIMPROVING GROWING CONDITIONS IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS

SOLAR POWER

SYNERGIES

SALT PONDS ALGAE ANDMARICULTURE

PHOTOVOLTAICS DESALINATION

EXTENSIONS

By building SFP training centers

For both high and low skilled workers

By producing clean energy and capturing CO2

Because resource security is closely linked to stability and peace

CREATING SOCIETAL BENEFITS

Knowledge Transfer

Employment Fighting climate change

Resource accessibility

355 HA

480 HA

150 HA

75 HA

640 HA 1500 HA

500 HA

300 HA

GREENHOUSE

FODDER CULTIVATION

REVEGETATION AREAS

CSP FACILITY

ALGAE CULTIVATION

HALOPHYTE CULTIVATION

EVAPORATIVE PONDS

INFRASTRUCTURE

SCENARIO: 4 000 HA

SCENARIO: 4 000 HA

RESTORATIVE FOODS170 000 TON

TOMATOS / YEAR

PERMANENT CO2

STORAGE50 000 TON / YEAR

CLEAN ENERGYFOR EXPORT300 GWH / YEAR

BIOFUEL7.5 MIL. L / YEAR

EMPLOYMENTOF 6000 PEOPLE ANDSUPPORT OF 30 000

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIESIN THE MAGNITUDE OF USD 1.5 – 2 BN

QATAR PILOT PLANT

QATAR PILOT PLANT

QATAR PILOT PLANT

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:

“This case study (The Sahara Forest Project) illustrates how an integrated food production facility grows high-quality and diverse food productions in desert areas, minimizing energy and freshwater needs”

“The results of the nexus rapid appraisal show that this intervention performs very well in the Qatar context”

“The intervention has an outstanding performance regarding water (water is transformed into food very efficiently and the amount of freshwater used is low) and employment aspects (few people are needed to produce the energy needed and the vegetables); and water is particularly under stress in the context of Qatar”.

RESULTS

Up to 15 degrees cooling in summer

Yields in pilot stage competitive with leading European greenhouse operations

Water usage is half of comparable greenhouses in the region

Year-round production of high quality crops

Seawater-cooled greenhouse

RESULTS

Evaporative hedges provided up to 10 degrees mean temperature reduction

Greenhouse and evaporative hedges provided wet-cooling efficiencies without cooling towers for the Concentrated Solar Power facility

19 desert plants and vegetable and grain crops successfully cultivated outdoors throughout the year

Hedges, CSP and outdoor vegetation

MATCHING YEARLY IMPORT TO QATAR

Cucumbers8 hectares of greenhouse production

Cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and aubergines60 hectares of greenhouse production

JORDAN

JORDAN CENTER

www.saharaforestproject.com

ENABLING RESTORATIVE GROWTH