Big dams, big damage, and little benefit: Georgia’s hydropower plans
Big dams, big damage, and little benefit: Georgia’s hydropower plans. Green By Blue Georgia is blessed with water and with mountains, the ideal combination for hydropower. For supporters of Georgia’s hydropower projects building an additional 100 dams in the country (as the Government suggests) will secure Georgia’s future energy needs and earn much needed revenue. But …
Big dams, big damage, and little benefit: Georgia’s hydropower plans. Green By Blue
Georgia is blessed with water and with mountains, the ideal combination for hydropower. For supporters of Georgia’s hydropower projects building an additional 100 dams in the country (as the Government suggests) will secure Georgia’s future energy needs and earn much needed revenue. But is Georgia’s government sacrificing the country’s natural assets for little return; and by focusing almost exclusively on hydropower is the Georgia closing the door to the real economic, social and technological benefits of sustainable renewable energy?
WATER AND CONCRETE: THE GATES OF SVANETI – THE CAUCASUS THAT WILL BE LOST FOREVER
WATER AND CONCRETE: THE GATES OF SVANETI – THE CAUCASUS THAT WILL BE LOST FOREVER. cycloscope.net Cycling the Georgian Caucasus to reach Kaishi, the village that should be flooded by the Khudoni mega-dam project. For our third bicycle touring reportage attempt, we finally got some local contact. Thanks to the Georgian ONG Green Alternative and its spokesperson, Dato Chipashvili,
WATER AND CONCRETE: THE GATES OF SVANETI – THE CAUCASUS THAT WILL BE LOST FOREVER. cycloscope.net
Cycling the Georgian Caucasus to reach Kaishi, the village that should be flooded by the Khudoni mega-dam project. For our third bicycle touring reportage attempt, we finally got some local contact. Thanks to the Georgian ONG Green Alternative and its spokesperson, Dato Chipashvili,
Court orders review of Sakdrisi Gold Mine cultural status
Court orders review of Sakdrisi Gold Mine cultural status. The Messenger A court decision has annulled a Ministerial decision to suspend Sakdrisi Gold Mine’s status as a historical monument.
Court orders review of Sakdrisi Gold Mine cultural status. The Messenger
A court decision has annulled a Ministerial decision to suspend Sakdrisi Gold Mine’s status as a historical monument.
Court orders review of Sakdrisi Gold Mine cultural status
Court orders review of Sakdrisi Gold Mine cultural status. Agenda.ge A court decision has annulled a Ministerial decision to suspend Sakdrisi Gold Mine’s status as a historical monument. The Sakdrisi Gold Mine, one of the oldest gold mines in the world, could have the title reinstated after Tbilisi City Court overturned Ministry of Culture’s legal act …
Court orders review of Sakdrisi Gold Mine cultural status. Agenda.ge
A court decision has annulled a Ministerial decision to suspend Sakdrisi Gold Mine’s status as a historical monument. The Sakdrisi Gold Mine, one of the oldest gold mines in the world, could have the title reinstated after Tbilisi City Court overturned Ministry of Culture’s legal act to remove the mine’s status as a place of cultural importance, which was imposed in 2013.
Court faults Georgia’s lifting of mine’s protected status Environment
Court faults Georgia’s lifting of mine’s protected status Environment. Democracy & Freedom Watch Tbilisi City Court on Friday canceled a decision by the Culture Ministry to remove the protected area status of Sakdrisi, an ancient gold mine which archaeologists say has more than 5,400 years old traces of humans.
Court faults Georgia’s lifting of mine’s protected status Environment. Democracy & Freedom Watch
Tbilisi City Court on Friday canceled a decision by the Culture Ministry to remove the protected area status of Sakdrisi, an ancient gold mine which archaeologists say has more than 5,400 years old traces of humans.
Greens and Gold Don’t Mix
Greens and Gold Don't Mix. Institute for War and Peace Reporting Protesters are trying to stop work on a gold mining project that threatens to destroy a prehistoric site. They have camped out for more than a month in Kazreti, a village in the Bolnisi district of southeastern Georgia, the location of the Sakdrisi gold mine – …
Greens and Gold Don't Mix. Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Protesters are trying to stop work on a gold mining project that threatens to destroy a prehistoric site. They have camped out for more than a month in Kazreti, a village in the Bolnisi district of southeastern Georgia, the location of the Sakdrisi gold mine – said to be the world’s oldest – which contains many prehistoric artifacts and has never been fully explored.
EU-Georgia Association Agreement.
EU-Georgia Association Agreement. Committee on European Integration of the Parliament of Georgia (youtube) EU-Georgia Association Agreement. Title VI – Other Cooperation Policies. Explained by Manana Kochladze, Green Alternative. Video is prepared by the Committee on European Integration of the Parliament of Georgia with the support of the EU Delegation in Georgia and the United Nations Development Programme …
EU-Georgia Association Agreement. Committee on European Integration of the Parliament of Georgia (youtube)
EU-Georgia Association Agreement. Title VI - Other Cooperation Policies. Explained by Manana Kochladze, Green Alternative. Video is prepared by the Committee on European Integration of the Parliament of Georgia with the support of the EU Delegation in Georgia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
RAGE OF MKINVARI
RAGE OF MKINVARI. Georgian Journal The Minister of Energy Kakhi Kaladze does not connect the reasons of the Dariali gorge catastrophe to the construction of the Larsi HPP. Independent experts abstain from a direct evaluation until the investigation is finished.
RAGE OF MKINVARI. Georgian Journal
The Minister of Energy Kakhi Kaladze does not connect the reasons of the Dariali gorge catastrophe to the construction of the Larsi HPP. Independent experts abstain from a direct evaluation until the investigation is finished.
Six still missing after massive landslide in Georgia
Six still missing after massive landslide in Georgia. Environment Democracy & Freedom Watch 12 Turkish citizens were rescued out of a tunnel, while two drivers of trucks that were caught in the landslide were brought to safety.Interior Minister Alexandre Chikaidze said Tuesday that salvage crews have not been able to find any of the six who are …
Six still missing after massive landslide in Georgia. Environment Democracy & Freedom Watch
12 Turkish citizens were rescued out of a tunnel, while two drivers of trucks that were caught in the landslide were brought to safety.Interior Minister Alexandre Chikaidze said Tuesday that salvage crews have not been able to find any of the six who are missing. The search had to be suspended on Monday due to bad weather.
Ukrainian citizen dies at Dariali gorge
Ukrainian citizen dies at Dariali gorge. The Messenger One person has died as a result of the disaster and seven are believed to be lost after the landslide at Dariali gorge on May 17. Although the rescue service assisted the citizen of Ukraine and took him by helicopter to the hospital, he did not survive.
Ukrainian citizen dies at Dariali gorge. The Messenger
One person has died as a result of the disaster and seven are believed to be lost after the landslide at Dariali gorge on May 17. Although the rescue service assisted the citizen of Ukraine and took him by helicopter to the hospital, he did not survive.