Fundación Natura's mission is to support conservation of biodiversity and search for alternatives for sustainable use of resources for improving the lifestyle of rural communities.
For two years, Fundación Natura has been working with rural communities reliant on forests as major sources of fuelwood, to decrease pressure on native stands and encouraging their conservation. Along the way, Fundación Natura has become aware that reducing fuelwood consumption must not be a "monolitic" measure so it's necessary to consider an holistic approach for achieving this target. For reducing indoor air pollution, Fundación Natura has started to design and prove a new model of cookstove. We hope to obtain results soon.
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Our Focus
Design of a new model of cookstove for improving thermal efficiency and reducing fuelwood consumption for later dissemination in the rural area of Santander province. The scope of the intervention is community level.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
So far, Fundación Natura has focused on improved cooking technologies for reducing fuelwood consumption in rural areas of some villages of northeast Colombia. Further, Fundación Natura wants to disseminate improved cookstoves for achieving this target and ameliorate the quality of life of rural communities.
Fundación Natura doesn't have experience in such issues yet.
Fundacion Natura doesn't have experience in such issues yet.
Fundación Natura wishes to keep working in the household energy sector with a special focus on rural areas for monitoring quality of air inside homes and its incidence in community health.
Relevant Publications or Studies
None noted
Our Contribution to the Partnership
Fundación Natura would like to develop projects for disseminating improved cookstoves at a national level by learning about difference experiences of PCIA members.
