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Struggles against dams and river diversions in Northwestern Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou Ioannina Ecological Organizations Net 1 st European Rivers Summit Sarajevo, September 2018 Pindos mountain chain, the hydrologic heart of Greece Epirus

Struggles against dams and river diversions in Northwestern Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou Ioannina Ecological Organizations Net 1 st European Rivers Summit Sarajevo, September 2018
Pindos mountain chain, the hydrologic heart of Greece
Epirus Water District with 5 main river basins
Arachthos river (135 km)
Arachthos river basin 2 : Planned but frustated Agios Nikolaos big dam 1 : Existing Pournari big dam
Sediment deposition in upper part of Pournari reservoir
Manifestation against Agios Nikolaos big dam construction (2006)
Manifestation against Agios Nikolaos big dam (2007)
Lesson learned : One struggle needs symbols – Plaka stone bridge
“We will not allow destruction of Plaka bridge”
Lesson learned : Just one detail can be crucial One small additional phrase in Regional Spatial Plan, just suggesting no new hp projects in the area, led to dam cancelling by the Court
Aoos/Vjosa river
Aoos/Vjosa transboundary basin (river length 70 km in Greece, 190 in Albania)
Aoos river greek sub-basin main problems 1 : Existing big dam in Aoos springs 2 : Existing diversion to Arachthos 3 : Planned diversion from Arkudorema tributary to Pamvotis lake (4)
Manifestation against Aoos diversion (2013)
Many ways to increase people’s awareness
Or would you prefer this ?
Manifestations against Mesochora dam in Acheloos river (2007 and 2008)
New threats for rivers, new fights

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