Nen enskra kra dam am in Georgia rgia Febru ruary ry 2016 www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
Basic facts ts • Name: Nenskra HPP • Location ation: : Georgia gia • Capacity ity: : 280 280 MW • Type: storage ge dam • Projec ect promote ter: : Korea a Water r Resourc rces es Corpor oration ation; Georgia gian state JSC Partners rship ip Fund • Biodiv divers ersity ity impac acts: territory tory of the planned d Upper Svanet eti Nation onal al Park • Socia ial l impacts ts: : effects ts on Svan indigen igenou ous communitie ities www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
Affected ected Sva van population ulation • 400 Svan househo ehold lds • 2 communitie ities • Svan ans - indigen igenou ous people les with own langu guag age, laws ws, custom omary ary use of lands ds and tradit ition ions • Dependency on communal al lands for subsis iste tence e agric icultu lture re, , grazin ing, g, timber • Low incom ome e popula lation ion • Intern rnally ally displac aced people from Abkhaz azia ia live e in the affec ecte ted villag lages www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
Nensk skra ra dam socia cial l impacts acts Nenskra ra will l cause: e: • Physic ical al resettlem lement ent of families ilies in the power r house e area • Floodin oding g of communal al land d (pastu ture res and forests ts) • Impact t econ onom omic ic liveho ehood ods • Affect t vuln lnerable able people (inte tern rnally lly displac aced d people le, , women) Projec ect ESIA fails ls to: • identif ify the affecte ted population lation • assess socio io-econ onom omic ic impacts ts • propose mitiga gation tion www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
Consu nsultati tation ons s with h affect ected ed comm mmunit unities ies - flawed ed • June 2015 - Public ic consultat ltation ions meetings gs – no timely ly notic ice, , ESIA available ilable in 1 communit ity only ly, no risks presente ted at public ic hearin rings gs • May – German external review deems the ESIA as „in need of substantial revision“ • September r - pre re-con onstru truction tion works commenced • Octobe ber r – environ ironmenta ental l and constru truction ion permits ts issued ed, no signif ific ican ant t chan anges ges to ESIA made • Sprin ing g 2016 – construct uction works ks start – Stakeho holder Engagement Plan missing – Environm nmental al and Social al Management nt Plan n lacki king – It is alread ady late for meaning ngful ul cons nsultations ns with h the affected people www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
Natural hazards ds – inadequat quate assessm sment ent • Nenskra ra HPP may increas rease e the geo risks: – Multi tiple existi ting g mudflow ows and lands dslide des s in the project t area – Debris covering the Nakr kra villag age – Dam faciliti ties s to increase ase the flood oding g risks ks • Nenskra ra ESIA fails ils to: – Identi tify y exi xisti ting g mudflows ows effects ts – Assess mudflow ow and landslide de risks ks – Propose adequate te mitiga gati tion on measures www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
Multiple tiple hydro ro combined mbined impact act • Nenskra ra is located ated in Upper Svan anetia tia region on • 35 H HPPs planned ed in the area a size of Mallo lorc rca islan and • Cumula lative ive impac acts on the Engu guri river basin ecosyste tems • Insid ide e the planned ed Upper Svan aneti ti Nation onal al Park >h >hydro ro develop opment t clash with conservation rvation effor orts ts www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
Plann nned ed hydropo dropowe wer plants ts Upper er Sva vaneti netia, a, Georgia orgia www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
For r more re information: ormation: Briefing on the Nenskra HPP • Comments on the Nenskra ESIA • Preliminary comments on the Nenskra hydropower plant Environmental and Social • Impact Assessment consultation process Photo story: Above the clouds, below the dam • David Chipashvili Map of planned hydropower plants in Upper Svanetia • Green Alternative/CEE Bankwatch Review of Nenskra HEP ESIA study • Network Georgian Campaigner dchipashvili@greenalt.org www. w.bankw kwatc tch.or org
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