Over 120,000 petition development banks to Save the Blue Heart of Europe and drop destructive hydropower in the Balkans
June 21, 2018
London, Prague, Radolfzell, Vienna – Representatives from the Save the Blue Heart of Europe campaign to save Europe’s last remaining wild rivers [1] handed in a petition endorsed globally by more than 120,000 people, calling on international development banks to rein in financial support for hydropower projects in the Balkans.
Hydropower threatens Balkan rivers, campaigners say
June 17, 2018
Over the next few years, 3,000 hydropower plants could be built in the Balkan region. Environmentalists say the plans threaten rivers from Slovenia to Albania, considered to be some of the last wild rivers in Europe. Source: Hydropower threatens Balkan
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
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
