Dramatic deforestation of tropical dry forest (TDF) of the Colombian Caribbean, clearcutting for charcoal obtainment and illegal traffic of wild species, made the Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguiuns oedipus) declared in Critically... [ view full abstract ]
Dramatic deforestation of tropical dry forest (TDF) of the Colombian Caribbean, clearcutting for charcoal obtainment and illegal traffic of wild species, made the Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguiuns oedipus) declared in Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). For communities near to natural reserves don’t have access to all basic services, electricity supply is unstable, and they get water from wells and streams, and mostly cooked in three points wood-burning stoves because they don’t have access to gas.
This project focus on two specific problems linked to mitigate threats: TDF conservation, habitat Cotton-Top Tamarins, through reducing firewood consumption for cooking or charcoal generation; and the reduction of human pressures on the species as hunting for illegal trade through awareness of coexistence with wildlife species.
By Providing an option for young men in the community and reduce the cutting of native trees for firewood consumption and reduce the illegal trade of species through the implementation of workshops and community intervention based on the principle of facilitating circular economy the self-efficient and healthy stoves, firewood stocked for fast growing species in a controlled domestic cultivation.
Universidad del Norte and Fundación Proyecto Tití work mainly with men who hunt and sell the Tití of the Colorado and Hobo communities in the department of Bolivar, to raise community awareness of the meaning of coexistence between species; achieved by reducing the firewood consumption for food cooking, through building and using of more efficient self-made stoves under circular economy principles.
During the process of research tend to articulate international testing procedures for use and talk aloud techniques for rocket stove construction according to cultural use and feeding tradition.
The different designs proposed end up giving, from their specification requirements, a deep understanding of the main challenges for “Do it Yourself” (DIY) stoves as empowering tool for communities facing direct impact on endangered species conservation and first outcomes to circular economy application by the acceptance of a controlled domestic supply plantation of fast growing trees.
New designs may replicate the principles used in this project to enhance performance of the synergy needed between DIY artifacts and their supplies given a specific conservation issue related to nearby communities.
5d Design for sustainability (Eco-Design, C2C, product service systems)
