The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is developing an Approach to assess and manage the water-energy-food nexus. The Sahara Forest Project is case study in FAO’s key publication: “Walking the Nexus Talk: Assessing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Context of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative”.
On the 22nd of June 2014 The Sahara Forest Project signed an agreement with The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Amman for establishing a Sahara Forest Project Launch Station and related activities in Jordan. The agreement was signed under the patronage of the Jordanian Ministry of Environment. From left: Roar Haugsdal, First Secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in Jordan, Sissel Breie, Norway’s Ambassador to Jordan, H.E. Dr. Taher Shakhashir, the Jordanian Minister of Environment, Joakim Hauge, CEO of The Sahara Forest Project, Raouf Dabbas, Senior Advisor at the Jordanian Ministry of Environment and Kjetil Stake, Managing Director of The Sahara Forest Project.
Sahara Forest Project has entered into a framework agreement with Selmer, one of Norway’s largest and most recognized corporate law firms. Sahara Forest Project will use and benefit from Selmer’s legal, compliance and advisory services.
An exciting algae strain has been discovered at The Sahara Forest Project’s pilot facility in Qatar. It is now being analyzed at Duke University in North Carolina, United States. PHOTOS: Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
CEO Joakim Hauge explained how Sahara Forest Project has managed “the transition from slideware to hardware” in his presentation at Chatham House’s high-level conference “Food Futures – Towards Sustainable Production and Consumption”. Chatham House is ranked as one of the most important think thanks in the world. [Read more…]
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