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Artículo

14 Nov 2024

Autor:
Bhasker Tripathi and Md. Tahmid Zami, Context

South Asia: Solar expansion fuels land conflicts as RE expansion competes with food security needs & livelihoods

" South Asia's solar energy push faces a battle for land", 14 November 2024

Modhera in Gujarat state became India's first fully solar-powered village in 2022, but a legal case against the plant is still in court as residents seek compensation for losing 50 acres of grazing land.

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It is one of 25 ongoing land conflicts linked to renewable energy in India

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A push by India and Bangladesh to boost the use of solar power and renewable energy is resulting in increasing land conflicts, experts say, as farmers worry about losing key agricultural land to renewable energy projects.

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The 25 land disputes in India are having an impact on over 30,000 people and millions of dollars of renewable investment, according to Land Conflict Watch.

Vidrohi said most of the opposition in India is coming from smallholder farmers and pastoral communities, including nomadic livestock rearers, who depend on the common land for their food and income.

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"This is putting the pastoral communities' livelihoods in direct contest with India's solar ambition,"

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Land procurement is proving to be a major challenge for Bangladesh to achieve its green capacity goals

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People from the local region, including farmers and activists, formed a human chain in the village of Agathakur Para, saying they were trying to protect their land where three staple crops grow each year.

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