Green Mountain Development Authority
Cyrene, Libya.

The Green Mountain Conservation and Development Authority (GMCDA) was established by Saif al-Islam Gadaffi, to fulfil his vision to create the world’s largest sustainable and low-carbon region, a 5,000 sq KM area of Libya Known as the Green Mountains.

Saif al-Islam Gadaffi, signing the Cyrene Declaration, establishing the Green Mountain Development Authority (GMCDA).

PZERO assisted the GMCDA turn his vision into a regional plan to both protect the antiquities and environment as well as create sustainable low-carbon communities and new industries including eco-tourism. PZERO developed the renewable energy component of the regional strategy that includes: concentrated solar power (CSP), photovoltaic solar (PV), wind power and biomass (Jatropha and biodiesel refineries).

Richard Bennett, PZERO, Cyrene Declaration, Renewable Energy and Biomass (Jatropha) strategy.

The Green Mountain regional sustainability project was managed by Foster + Partners and included sector specific experts including PZERO.

Richard Bennett (PZERO), Joseph Stanislaw (The JAStanislaw Group), Neil Eckert (Climate Exchange).

Leading members of the world's press attended the signing of the Cyrene Declaration.

Saif al-Islam Gadaffi explaining his vision for the Green Mountains to the international press.

An exhibition, outlining Saif al-Islam Gadaffi's sustainability vision for the Green Mountains, was hosted within the old Greek and Roman ruins of Cyrene for VIPs and Journalists.

VIPs and Journalists reviewing Saif Al-Islam Gadaffi's sustainability and low-carbon vision for the Green Mountains.

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