Controversial dam project in Georgia abandoned by constructor
Already mired by controversy, the billion dollar Nenskra hydropower plant is now facing another major hurdle as the company contracted to realize the project is now leaving it
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
Déjà vu in biodiversity: public banks pitted against international convention
Europe’s wildlife guardian has sent a warning to Georgia over changes to a protected area in the Caucasus mountains. International lenders are interested in financing hydro developments in the region
Déjà vu in biodiversity: public banks pitted against international convention
Europe’s wildlife guardian has sent a warning to Georgia over changes to a protected area in the Caucasus mountains. International lenders are interested in financing hydro developments in the region.
Nenskra HPP: the concerns of worried locals fall on deaf ears of project developers
In an interview, a teacher from Chuberi in the Svaneti mountains gave us an impression of how the project developers of the planned Nenskra dam engage with locals
Failing local communities, Report on the Land Assessment and Livelihoods Restoration Plan for the Nenskra Hydropower Project
A field investigation conducted by CEE Bankwatch Network in the Nenskra and Nakra valleys in Upper Svaneti in Georgia during two visits in July 2017 has found direct evidence that the Land Acquisition and Livelihood Restoration Plan (LALRP) developed by JSC Nenkra Hydro
Comments on Nenskra Hydropower Project Supplementary Environmental & Social Studies, by JSC Nenskra hydro
Comments on Nenskra Hydropower Project Supplementary Environmental & Social Studies, by JSC Nenskra hydro. The 280 MW Nenskra hydropower plant (HPP) is one of 35 hydropower plants
New mudflow hits Georgian village as rainy season reveals poor assessment of hydropower plans
As rains cause mudflows in Georgia’s mountains, locals from different regions unite to protest hydropower developments in geologically unstable areas
Campaign update: Georgian mountain communities consider restoring long abandoned tradition to tackle threats to their land
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
Preliminary comments on the Nenskra hydropower plant Environmental and Social Impact Assessment consultation process
On June 15-21, 2015, CEE Bankwatch Network organised a fact finding mission to the hydropower plant (HPP) in the Upper Svaneti region of western Georgia in order to establish whether the environmental impact assessment (EIA) documentation
New Georgian dam plans poised to hit the environment and people’s pockets
A roundtable discussion organised in Tbilisi today by Association Green Alternative and CEE Bankwatch Network marks the first step in the mobilisation of Georgian society to stop a destructive joint Georgian government