Gone with the Flow, A case study of biodiversity loss caused by Ilovac Hydropower plant, Croatia
Ilovac Dam
Case Study | 2 April 2020
This case study aims to demonstrate that the EIB’s environmental and social (E&S) and transparency policies are insufficiently equipped to prevent the negative impacts of hydropower plants on sensitive ecosystems, in particular when the hydropower project (1) is financed via an intermediary bank and/or (2) is located outside of the EU. The case study focuses on the Ilovac small hydropower plant in Croatia, financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) via the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR).
Institution: EIB
Location: Croatia
Tags: Croatia | EIB | hydropower
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