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

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-------- Original message --------From: Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de> Date: 3/6/21  10:35 AM  (GMT-07:00) To: celep-eu at googlegroups.com, ILC Forum on Pastoralists <pastoralists at dgroups.org>, Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub <pastoralist-hub at dgroups.org>, IYRPGeneralList at list.cals.arizona.edu, agr-mitglieder at listen.jpberlin.de Cc: "Jörg Haas (privat)" <mail at joerghaas.de> 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.infoOn 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.?BestJörg
                
                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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