Accumulation by dispossession and green grabbing: wind farms, lease agreements, land appropriation in the Brazilian semiarid

Abstract Wind power presents itself as an alternative to fossil fuels, playing an important role in fighting climate change. In that context, the Brazilian semiarid inland emerges as a new frontier for the wind industry given its high potential. Since being the landowner also means being the wind ow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mariana Traldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ambiente e Sociedade (ANPPAS) 2021-11-01
Series:Ambiente & Sociedade
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-753X2021000101101&tlng=en