Biofuels and poor peoples access to land Sonja Vermeulen International Institute for Environment and...
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Biofuels and poor people’s access to land
Sonja VermeulenInternational Institute for Environment
and Development (IIED) International Land Coalition (ILC)
Better safeguards from governments –providing more than strong land tenure
More imaginative solutions from small and large businesses (with government incentives)
Why biofuels? 4 policy goals:
Not all biofuels industries will deliver all 4 goals
Opportunities:More diverse and secure livelihoodsBroader development benefits (including local energy)
Threats: Land concentration Loss of land & resources among poor
Rural developmen
t goals
Imaginative models
Opportunities
SafeguardsThreats
Safeguards
For people’s welfare
But also for people’s rights and choices
SafeguardsProtection of local food systems
Requirements for local consultation and negotiation
Mechanisms for appeal, arbitration and review
Clearer definitions of under-utilised, marginal and degraded lands
Strengthening of access to the law
Integrated setting of social standards
Imaginative models
For working with farmers and landholders
But also for greater shares in the value chain
Imaginative models
Land lease arrangements Collective land use Market-rate rental
Contract farmingPurchase agreementsOutgrower schemes
Joint equity modelsLand as equityShares in processing
…moving away from one-off compensation towards long-term benefit-sharing…
Warning:
None of these are
perfect!
Roles for government
Policy frameworks… Local services… Financial incentives… Underwriting… Standard setting… Brokerage… R&D…
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