Namibia Conference and Workshop
Ministry of Fisheries and Resources, Swakopmund 29 - 30 April 2013

Presenter Biographies

GONÇALO MURTA

He made his B. Sc. degree in Biology at Universidade dos Açores and his M.Sc. degree in General Aquaculture at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canarias/ Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas. After finishing the studies start working in Angola has manager of a freshwater fish farm for 3 years. He moved to Namibia 4 years ago to start an aquaculture farm in marine bivalves. With his academic background start to help the government to develop their laboratory facilities to allow the sustainable production and control of aquaculture products. His interest in aquaculture is aimed for the optimisation and adjustment of aquaculture systems in fresh and sea water environments.

PRESENTATION ABTRACT

Topic: GlycAL Namibia

This case study presentation is on the Dunaliella development in Namibia by a local company - GlycAL Namibia. Following a brief introduction on what was achieved from the conceptual ideas, 6 months ago to the present situation of the project. The presentation will outline the research, training and collaborative efforts of the stakeholders to provide the possible data to promote the way forward for the project.

Andreas Namwoonde
Profile:
Master of Engineering and Technology(Chemical Engineering) - D. I. Mendeleyev   University  of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, Russia,
Bachelor of Science( Chemical Engineering) D. I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow, Russia

PRESENTATION ABSRACT

Topic: The impact of growing biofuels on communal land in north east Namibia

In recent years, Namibia has reached an important crossing point of growing energy demand therefore a sustainable energy resource need to be utilized. Namibia is a developing country with majority of population living in rural area, many of these, has no access to electricity or reliable source of energy. So, how can Namibia solve the vast energy demand, while still paying attention to environmental-friendly, less health hazardous, renewable and green alternative source of energy? Biogas has arisen as environmental friendly source of energy which apart from providing clean fuel it also reduce waste disposal problem on domestic scale or commercial scale.