New Publication
 

Sustainable Utilization of Energy and Biodiversity
Resources for Wealth Creation and Development

The increasing population pressure and demand for a better life style have led to a greater use of energy resulting in escalating pressures on the use of available resources leading to a negative balance in the equilibrium of process source depletion and replenishment by natural processes, which is posing a challenge for healthy survival of life.

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms of plants and animals within a given ecosystem which extends from millions of distinct flora and fauna since the Earth's evolution. As a  consequence to meet the increasing demand large scale exploration, development and use of fossil carbon drastically promote conditions leading to  major climatic and environmental changes with irreparable shocks to Earth's biodiversity. The juxtaposition of energy needs and biodiversity values has led to challenges for both the energy industry and the conservation community to meet the public demand for energy, while at the same time addressing society's expectations for corporate social and environmental responsibility. The preventive and proactive measures of averting shortages of fossil fuels are simply to use less of them. This may be achieved by increasing the utilisation efficiency of fossil fuels and minimizing the energy wastage.

The present volume is a compilation of the reports presented during an international roundtable on 'Sustainable Utilisation of Energy and Biodiversity Resources for Wealth Creation and Development' at Kampala, Uganda during 1013 March 2009, organized by the NAM S&T Centre jointly with Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS). The information presented herein would hopefully serve as a valuable material for the concerned scientists on utilisation of energy and biodiversity resources to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

List of Contents

  • Foreword (Dr. Alhassan Bako Zaku, Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja-Nigeria)

  • From The Editors' Desk (Prof. B.O. Solomon, Director General/CEO, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja-Nigeria)

  • Introduction (Prof. Arun P. Kulshreshtha, Director, NAM S&T Centre)

 
 

BIOENERGY: SOURCES & MANAGEMENT

  
  1.

Opportunities for Tapping Biogas Potential in Developing Countries - The Case of Botswana (Aaron Aupa Somolekae, Bostwana)

  
  2.

Poverty Mitigation and Local Economic Development through Use of Natural Resources: Examples from South Africa (Charlie Michael Shackleton and Sheona Shackleton, South Africa)

  
  3.

Bio-energy Conservation Policy Options in Uganda: A Bio-Economic Perspective (Buyinza Mukadasi and Masaba Sowedi, Uganda)

  
 

ENERGY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  
  4.

Optimising Green Energy: Recipe for Sustainable Development (Jitendra Behari, India)

  
  5.

“Maurice Ile Durable”- Green Mauritius- Towards Sustainable Development (Doonunjoy Dassaye, Mauritius) 

 
  6.
 

Sustainable Utilization of Energy for Wealth Creation and Development: The Nigerian Scenario (B. O. Solomon, R. S. M. Gidado, A. A. Akinrelere, N. C. Ezebuiro, G. A. Etuk-Udo and O. A. Adetunji, Nigeria)

  
  7.

Trends in the Sustainable Utilization of Renewable Energy Resources of Sri Lanka for Facing the Energy Challenge (J.G. Shantha Siri, Sri Lanka)

  
  8.

Energy Efficiency as a Source of Income and Improved Livelihoods: The Case of GTZ Improved Stove Projects in Kenya and Uganda (Ms. Myra Mukulu, Kenya)

  
 

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

  
  9.

Sustainable Energy (Lat Lat Tun, Myanmar)

  
  10.

Bio-fuels and Energy Security in Vietnam (Ms. Ngo Thi Loan, Vietnam)

  
  11.

Uganda's Energy Crisis and Its Quest for Biofuel Solutions (M. Bazira Henry, Uganda)   

 
  12.

Brief Report on the Current Status of Biofuels Industry in Zambia (Hakachite Christopher, Zambia)

  
 

RENEWABLE ENERGY

 
  13.

Adoption of Energy Efficiency Measures by Households in Shared-Meters Apartments (Michael Kiza, Uganda)

  
  14.

Need and Challenges in Developing Renewable Energy Resources: A Networked Approach of CSIR (Sandeep Kumar Tiwari, India)

  
  15.

Status and Potential of Renewable Energy in India (Arvind Kumar and Rajiv Sharma, India)

  
  16.

The Renewable Energy Policy for Uganda (Albert Rugumayo, Uganda)

  
 

BIODIVERSITY: EMERGING SCENARIO AND APPLICATIONS

  
  17.

Status and Initiatives of Biodiversity and Energy Resources Utilization in Nepal (Dilip Subba, Nepal)

  
  18.

Sustainable Utilization of Biodiversity Resources for Wealth Creation and Development (B. O. Solomon, R. S. M. Gidado, A. A. Akinrelere, N. C. Ezebuiro and O. A. Adetunji, Nigeria)

  
  19.

Acidification of Natural Resources: Concern for the Future of West Asia (Masoud Vahabi Moghaddam, Iran)

  
  20.

Exploring the Therapeutic Potentials of African Medicinal Plants (Charles Wambebe, Nigeria)

  
  21.

Biofuel and Biodiversity Prospects in Tanzania (Hulda Gideon, Tanzania)