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Fog collectors, rejuvenating Spanish hillsides.
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 1:39 pm
by Mr Gus
theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/26/fog-collectors-reforestation-trees-canary-islands-portugal-eu-aoe
Scientists in the Canary Islands and Portugal are collecting water from fog to enable reforestation of degraded landscapes
(Low tech, but assembly heavy experimenting)
Re: Fog collectors, rejuvenating Spanish hillsides.
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:07 pm
by AE-NMidlands
I had to search for it as the link didn't work
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... gal-eu-aoe
We saw an experimental set-up in the Canaries about 20 years ago, it looked a bit tatty so I don't know how robust they are. It was a long sheet of fine mesh hung verticallly with a gutter slung below the bottom edge.
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Re: Fog collectors, rejuvenating Spanish hillsides.
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 1:15 am
by Mr Gus
Considering they drop moisture down to a sump, I'm pretty sure that it's got to be a fairly heavy gauge tarp to deal with heat & wind in order to drop the moisture correctly.
It may be messy / industrial, but once a self shading grove is established that's got some more potential doing it via its own shade & limb structure maybe at that stage they try to leave a smaller green canopy to blend & carry on contributing, who knows what will have to be jerry-rigged to claw back nature in future.