[IYRP General List] Fw: Large-scale renewable energy generation and pastoralism

Sun Mar 7 12:55:53 MST 2021

Hi Ann,Hi All,In reaction to the topic, I must simply say that “ Thereare no empty lands any more and there have never been”, and the areas presently used by pastoralists for livelihoodare not enough any more as more space is needed to compensate for theregression in biomass production due to general climate change…This issue of pastoralistsand solar energy parks is interesting (wind mill energy does not pose any serious problem or serious conflict with pastoralists land use). Many thanks to Mayank Nomad from NAG-DNT, for the link he provided in relation to the subject in India. I agree and confirmthe facts stated in the article. The same land issues are raised in other places of the world when mega solarenergy projects are at stake. One other serious issue is be considered in theseprojects; they seem to have an incredible negative impact on air humidity andon natural water resources. This impact needs to be documented…These projects, if not done in a participatory way, will end up in creatng more conflicts.

Cheers
Mohammed HARKOUSSEOujda, MoroccoCell phone: +212 678 48 11 01 

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 Dear all
I am sharing the link from India hope it will be useful.
Link
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/how-solar-farms-fuel-land-conflicts/amp-11600612526037.html

ThanksMayankNAG-DNT

On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, 21:57 Boumouzouna Boumouzouna, <boumouzouna at gmail.com> wrote:

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Le dim. 7 mars 2021 à 14:27, James O'Rourke <jorourke at csc.edu> a écrit :

Ranchers in the Nebraska Sandhills are going through the same issues with wind turbines and pipelines.  Google Sandhills Task Force and see if that brings up anything.

Cheers!  Jim

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Subject: [IYRP General List] Large-scale renewable energy generation and pastoralism Dear all,
A member of Agrecol Association, Joerg Haas, has been working for years on issues of climate change and renewable energy. He is aware that “empty” land in the drylands that could be used to generate solar or wind power is often not empty at all and that such energy generation may impact negatively on pastoralists. He would like to know how big this problem is, and he is seeking ideas or examples of creative ways of ensuring that pastoralists can co-exist with large-scale renewable energy development and even benefit from it.
Do you know of reports, ideas or examples of:
a) cases of land grabbing in pastoral areas for generating renewable energy; and/or b) examples of good practice of reconciling the interests of renewable energy generation and the interests of pastoralists?
If so, please share them with Joerg (mail at joerghaas.de) and me.
Looking forward to your responses,Ann
Ann Waters-BayerAgrecol Association for AgriCulture & EcologyCoalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP)E: waters-bayer at web.de / waters-bayer at agrecol.deS: ann-watersW: www.agrecol.de /www.celep.info

On 5 Mar 2021, at 21:21 PM, Jörg Haas (privat) <mail at joerghaas.de> wrote:

Hi Ann,

many thanks - this is interesting.

I'd be interested to hear if you or others on this list have come across instances of land grabbing in semiarid lands for large scale solar farms?

Due to the massive cost decrease of photovoltaics, solar energy derived vom large scale solar farms in the dry tropics and subtropics is now among the cheapest sources of electricity. This is a good thing, given the climate emergency that we are facing.

But I worry what this means for the land rights of pastoralists in arid and semi-arid regions? Are they going to be pushed aside for the purpose of energy generation?

How could the interests of pastoralist and the interests of renewable energy generation to avoid climate breakdown be reconciled? Do best practices exist, code of conducts, etc.?

Best

Jörg

Am 05.03.2021 um 17:25 schrieb Ann Waters-Bayer:

Dear all,
This 4-pager  entitled “This is our land: why reject the privatization of customary land” is not specifically about pastoralists in Eastern Africa but is certainly very relevant for them.
It is based on the 42-page report “Driving dispossession: the global push to “unlock the economic potential of land” (https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/oaklandinstitute.org/files/driving-dispossession.pdf).
Take care -Ann

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