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Home > Archives for Protecting rivers and communities > Hydropower development in Georgia > Khudoni hydropower plant, Georgia

Khudoni hydropower plant, Georgia

Indigenous Svan communities unite to block hydro development in Svaneti

March 5, 2018

Protesters meet in Mestia to issue a petition that would block harmful infrastructural developments in Svaneti.


Melano Subeliani

December 20, 2017

“There are no bills here, everything we have is free and everything we do is ours.”


Music Group Nakra

December 19, 2017

‘Very talented children have been discovered in Nakra since a teacher started motivating then to learn Georgian and Svan songs.’


Music group Usghuli

December 19, 2017

“My parents, our family used to sing Svan songs. They were singing very well, especially my mother. She taught me singing and playing the ‘Tchuniri’.”


Tamazi Kvirikadze

December 19, 2017

‘My ancestors had never used any herbicides and chemicals.’


Tony Hanmer

December 19, 2017

“Sometimes you have to pinch yourself and think: ‘Am I living in the lord of the rings?'”


Vakhtang Pilpani

December 19, 2017

‘Energy is very necessary but a big dam is always a mistake.’


Shalva Guledani

December 19, 2017

‘Svaneti needs more attention. Otherwise, it will become empty.’


Gioni Tsindeliani

November 17, 2017

‘It’s not only the problem of the Nenskra dam, there are 36 dams planned in Svaneti.’


Giorgi Tsindeliani

November 17, 2017

‘These lands are used as pastures by our families.’


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