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Indigenous communities in Georgia threatened by a major hydropower project financed with European public money

May 10, 2019

There are many reasons why the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia should not be built at all. The project is set to have devastating environmental and social impacts, and its economics are particularly shoddy.


The European Parliament resolution urges European financial institution to respect indigenous peoples rights

August 9, 2018

Celebrate the rights of those 5 per cent who hold 80 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity. Today is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.


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


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


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.


Systematic shortcomings will deprive people affected by Georgian dam of compensation

September 11, 2017

An assessment of livelihoods of people to be affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia is rigged with mistakes that will lead to significant losses for locals.


Failing local communities – the Land Assessment and Livelihoods Restoration Plan for the Nenskra dam

September 11, 2017

The Land Assessment and Livelihoods Restoration Plan for people to be affected by the Nenskra hydropower plant in Georgia is rigged with mistakes that will lead to significant losses for locals.


The true colours of Svaneti – A festival in the stunning Georgian mountains

August 30, 2017

Despite the remote location, the culture festival We Are Svaneti brought together people from three continents and helped young Svans to become aware of their communities’ unique traditions.


The forgotten struggle of Kenyan indigenous people

June 23, 2017

In the Rift Valley region of Kenya, Simon Sencho looks at the mountains that surround the village which used to be his home. He’s one of a thousand Maasai people who had to move, to give way to the Olkaria geothermal plant. Source: The forgotten strugg


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