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05.03.2018
Indigenous Svan communities unite to block hydro development in Svaneti
Protesters meet in Mestia to issue a petition that would block harmful infrastructural developments in Svaneti. Representatives of all 17 communities of Upper Svaneti gathered in Mestia
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29.06.2016
Campaign update: Georgian mountain communities consider restoring long abandoned tradition to tackle threats to their land
- Hugo Charvat
With hydropower and mining projects encroaching on their lands and livelihoods, Svan communities in Georgia’s northwest consider convening in an ancestral assembly to discuss their course of action. Georgia’s indigenous Svans, an ethnic subgroup in Georgia’s Caucasus mountains with their own language

Indigenous Svan communities unite to block hydro development in Svaneti