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Indigenous people under threat from Asia clean energy push
Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:00 GMT
ARCHIVE PHOTO: A worker is seen at a solar power plant in Phetchaburi province, Thailand, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Share: Rush for renewable energy hurting rural and indigenous communities disproportionately Violations include land rights and indigenous rights abuses, displacement, violence Projects receive government incentives, less scrutiny and are fast-tracked
By Rina Chandran
BAN KHU, Thailand, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Muhammad Lamoh had no inkling that his small village of Ban Khu in southern Thailand would be key to the nation s renewable energy goals, until local authorities called a community meeting to inform them of a plan to build a biomass plant.
FEATURE-Indigenous people under threat from Asia clean energy push Reuters 2/9/2021 Rush for renewable energy hurting rural and indigenous communities disproportionately Violations include land rights and indigenous rights abuses, displacement, violence Projects receive government incentives, less scrutiny and are fast-tracked
By Rina Chandran
BAN KHU, Thailand, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - M uhammad Lamoh had no inkling that his small village of Ban Khu in southern Thailand would be key to the nation s renewable energy goals, until local authorities called a community meeting to inform them of a plan to build a biomass plant.
The 25 megawatt plant began operating in March last year, despite villagers concerns about its effects on their health, its proximity to a local school, and sharing water from a canal that they used for fishing and their rubber and rice crops.
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BAN KHU, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Muhammad Lamoh had no inkling that his small village of Ban Khu in southern Thailand would be key to the nation’s renewable energy goals, until local authorities called a community meeting to inform them of a plan to build a biomass plant.
The 25 megawatt plant began operating in March last year, despite villagers’ concerns about its effects on their health, its proximity to a local school, and sharing water from a canal that they used for fishing and their rubber and rice crops.
Before long, villagers noticed a foul smell and waste such as fly ash being dumped. Some residents complained of skin rashes, and many could not get as much water from the canal.
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