<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear Ann dear Anthony hello, in Morocco we have several wind farms and large stations to produce renewable energy. I visited 2 Wind Farm Site and my tribute is near a solar station being installed. Honestly, there is nothing to worry about pastoralism, the wind turbines are very high and in no way affect the pastures no more than an electric pole, the pastors graze their herds all around, when at the solar stations , they don't take up a lot of space. they are also oppurtinites of work for the sons of the pastors. When the energy they produce the pastoralists on the spot does not even see it, on the other hand this energy benefits the whole country, these renewable energy sources are far less harmful than thermal power stations that run on fuel. I am not a specialist, the people in the field can provide clarifications.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Dr Fagouri Said <div>+212661751752<div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">Le 6 mar. 2021 à 20:28, Anthony Egeru <egeru81@gmail.com> a écrit :<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>Ann,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It is an interesting issue to study as the push for renewable energy takes route. In the Uganda context this has not yet happened as the use of solar Photovoltaic energy is still at microscale basically at household level with one or two small panels and most often portable ones used for charging phones and radios while grazing livestock in the grazing grounds. I think Kenya may have established some large scale windmills in Turkana, but am not sure how this has affected pastoralists in particular the main suspects are usually birds that get killed by the propellers. Our colleagues from Turkana could help.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In Morocco there is a large-scale solar station established but again I am not so sure of how it has influenced the pastoralists especially those raring shots in that country. I would have to try to make linkage with colleagues at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) at Bengurir and IAV Hassan II; these could perhaps help make some connections that could.lead to some experiences. I will copy Joerg in the communication on Monday.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 6 Mar 2021, 8:35 pm Ann Waters-Bayer, <<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de">waters-bayer@web.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Do you know of reports, ideas or examples of:</div><div><br></div><div>a) cases of land grabbing in pastoral areas for generating renewable energy; and/or </div><div>b) examples of good practice of reconciling the interests of renewable energy generation and the interests of pastoralists?</div><div><br></div><div>If so, please share them with Joerg (<a href="mailto:mail@joerghaas.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mail@joerghaas.de</a>) and me.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to your responses,</div><div>Ann</div><div><br><div>
<div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>Ann Waters-Bayer</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP)</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>E: <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">waters-bayer@web.de</a> / <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@agrecol.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">waters-bayer@agrecol.de</a></i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>S: ann-waters</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font size="1"><i>W: <a href="http://www.agrecol.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.agrecol.de</a> / <a href="http://www.celep.info" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.celep.info</a></i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div><br></div></div></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 5 Mar 2021, at 21:21 PM, Jörg Haas (privat)
<<a href="mailto:mail@joerghaas.de" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mail@joerghaas.de</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>
<div><p>Hi Ann,</p><p>many thanks - this is interesting.</p><p>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? <br>
</p><p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p>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.?</p><p>Best</p><p>Jörg<br>
</p>
<div>Am 05.03.2021 um 17:25
schrieb Ann Waters-Bayer:<br>
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Dear all,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>It is based on the 42-page report
“Driving dispossession: the global push to “unlock
the economic potential of land” (<a href="https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/oaklandinstitute.org/files/driving-dispossession.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sites/oaklandinstitute.org/files/driving-dispossession.pdf</a>).</div>
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</div>
<div>Take care -</div>
<div>Ann</div>
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