Complaints to IFC and EBRD regarding their investments in MHP
June 5, 2018
The complaint alleges that since the start of MHP operations in Vinnytsia in 2010, continuous odor and dust from a significant and growing number of facilities and the application of manure on nearby fields has made local life untenable. MHP activities
Balkan rivers are crying for help
June 4, 2018
Protests that take the form of a whistle-blowing complaint are “choking” the Balkans in an attempt to save the water resources of the countries in the region. Source: Balkan rivers are crying for help
Threatening wilderness, dams fuel protests in the Balkans
June 4, 2018
KRUSCICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For almost a year, a clutch of Bosnian women has kept watch over a wooden bridge to disrupt the march of hydropower – part of a Balkan-wide protest against the damming of Europe’s wild riv
Nenskra complaint to the European Investment Bank
June 1, 2018
In our opinion, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has failed to comply with the Standard 7 by not respecting the status of Svans as indigenous peoples. The Bank did not fulfill its environmental and social standards: it ignored the project’s significa
Request to the EBRD’s PCM on the Nenskra hydropower project
May 30, 2018
The conclusions of the EBRD’s Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) are not guided by detailed field work and focus group research with the affected communities – indigenous Svans, nor are they based on the robust and objective analysis of
Talsperren allenthalben
May 22, 2018
Balkanstaaten planen den Bau von 3000 meist kleinen Wasserkraftwerken. Doch die Dämme sind für die Energieversorgung nutzlos. Source: Talsperren allenthalben
Europa’s laatste wilde rivier ligt straks vol met dammen
May 22, 2018
Waterkrachtcentrales leveren “groene” energie, toch? In Oost-Europa denken ze daar anders over. De documentaire Blue Heart toont hoe de laatste wilde rivieren van Europa volgebouwd worden met dammen. Source: Europa’s laatste wilde rivier ligt straks vo
Na ratunek ostatnim dzikim rzekom Europy
May 21, 2018
Międzynarodowe banki i korporacje chętnie inwestują miliardy w budowę tam i elektrowni wodnych na Bałkanach przyczyniając się tym samym do destrukcji środowiska naturalnego. Source: Na ratunek ostatnim dzikim rzekom Europy
How compliant is ADB to its own safeguards policies?
May 18, 2018
A Georgia hydropower project has locals and civil society concerned. One of the banks considering funding the project is ADB, yet a complaint filed with its compliance review panel shows the limitations of its safeguards. The panel recommends a full in
V boj za zadnje divje reke v Evropi
May 18, 2018
Patagonia, ameriški proizvajalec športnih oblačil, poskuša s kampanjo Modro srce ustaviti na tisoče načrtovanih projektov gradnje hidroelektrarn na rekah goratega Balkana. Source: V boj za zadnje divje reke v Evropi
