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Community negotiation for solar plants and mines

Aerial view of a solar plant in the countryside
Community negotiation for solar plants and mines

Case path: the challenge, the intervention and the outcome.

  1. Critical infrastructure projects — solar plants, mines, industrial plants — depended on agreement with the community that owns the land and on backing from local authorities.

  2. Direct field negotiations: lease renewal with the ejido landowners in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán; a solar panel plant in Valladolid, Yucatán; a gold mine in Alto Lucero, Veracruz; and the operation of a paper mill in Texcoco, State of Mexico.

  3. The projects moved forward with both community and government backing.