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Save the Blue Heart: Wie die letzten wilden Flüsse in Europa geschützt werden können

August 2, 2018

Am 27. Juni fand im EU-Parlament eine Debatte zum Thema “Save the Blue Heart of Europe” statt, bei der politische Entscheidungsträger, Medien und Nichtregierungsorganisationen zusammentrafen. Die Frage des Schutzes der letzten wilden Flüsse Europas auf


Two Court Complaints Against BiH’s Hydropower Permits

July 27, 2018

The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants (HPPs) on the river Drina in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) near th


Aarhus Centre lodges court complaints against environmental permits for HPPs Buk Bijela, Foča

July 27, 2018

The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants (HPPs) on the river Drina in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) near th


Court complaints launched against Bosnia-Herzegovina hydropower permits

July 26, 2018

Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Nikšić, Podgorica, Prague – The Aarhus Resource Centre Sarajevo has submitted two court complaints [1] to the District Court in Banja Luka against the environmental permits for the Buk Bijela and Foča hydropower plants on the river Drina in Bosnia-Herzegovina near the border with Montenegro.


Odbranimo reke Stare planine!

July 23, 2018

Republička Vlada planira izgradnju više od 60 dervacionih mini hidrocentrala u zaštićenoj zoni najvećeg parka prirode u Srbiji, na Staroj planini. Ovime bi se neke od najlepših i najčistijih reka u Srbiji isušile i prevele u cev čime bi se promenio izg


Environmental problems of Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant, Adjara, Georgia

July 23, 2018

The 184 MW Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant is under construction on the Adjaristsqali river and two of its main tributaries in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia. The design envisages it as a run-of-the-river plant with capacity of diurnal storage


Bosnian activists hail dam victory 

June 28, 2018

Activists have claimed a small victory in their attempts to prevent the construction of around 3,000 dams across the Balkans, which will block fish migration routes and destroy some of Europe’s last free-flowing rivers.  Villagers in Kruščica about 70k


Petition handed to EBRD calling on IFIs to drop “destructive hydropower in the Balkans”

June 26, 2018

Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save the continent’s last undammed rivers have handed in a petition endorsed globally by more than 120,000 people, calling on international development banks to rein in financial suppor


A new campaign aims to save the last wild rivers of Europe

June 26, 2018

Protecting the last “wild rivers” of Europe is the aim of a new campaign from outdoor clothing company Patagonia, along with NGOs and locals. Source: A new campaign aims to save the last wild rivers of Europe


Blue Heart und die tapferen Frauen von Kruščica

June 25, 2018

“Es ist eine Verschwendung von Geld und eine moralische Farce, dass einige der größten Finanzinstitutionen der Welt diese veraltete und ausbeuterische Technologie unterstützen.” Source: Blue Heart und die tapferen Frauen von Kruščica


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