Comments on the Nenskra supplementary environmental and social studies
January 15, 2018
The revised supplementary studies for the Nenskra project fail to properly perform a cost/benefit analysis. It lacks an assessment of the energy efficiency alternatives , the environmental externalities , the opportunity costs and even an economic inte
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.’
Six reasons for not financing the Nenskra hydropower project in Georgia
December 5, 2017
This briefing outlines the main issues with the Nenskra hydropower project shortly before both the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank will decide on financing the project.
Nenskra HPP poses possible threat to Georgian biodiversity hot spot
December 4, 2017
In January 2016 the Georgian government decided to exclude from the Bern Convention’s candidate Emerald Site “Svaneti 1” all territories that are part of the valleys of the Nenskra and Nakra rivers which are relevant for the construction of the Nenksra
