Supported projects

MUMBAI - With financial support from the Fonds Pascal Decroos, Nick Meynen followed carbon credit money flowing from Belgium to India, where he discovered a desert full of mirages. Part from the fraud and abuse, he also noticed the difference in approach between Flanders and Belgium, the buyers of carbon credits.

BOEDAPEST - Een jaar geleden kocht de Belgische regering 2 miljoen ton CO2-emissierechten van Hongarije. Deze investering van 26 miljoen euro heeft tot doel te voldoen aan de verplichtingen van het land in het kader van het Kyoto-protocol: de uitstoot tegen 2012 met 7,5 procent verminderen ten opzichte van het niveau van 1990.

BAMAKO - The river Niger, Mali's vein of life, is in danger. Photographer Raymond Dakoua shows the great economic, social, human and ecological importance of Africa's third longest river. 'Le Djoliba' means 'the river' in the Bambara language.

BRUSSELS/TARGIA - Asbestos is the perfect model of a substance mined, industrially exploited and widely marketed as a miracle material without proper research into its long-term effects on health. Indeed, it went on being promoted long after it was recognised as dangerous.