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Nen enskra kra dam am in Georgia rgia

Febru ruary ry 2016

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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

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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

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al Park

• Socia

ial l impacts ts: : effects ts on Svan indigen igenou

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ities

Affected ected Sva van population ulation

• 400 Svan househo

ehold lds

• 2 communitie

ities

• Svan

ans - indigen igenou

• us people

les with

• wn langu

guag age, laws ws, custom

• mary

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
• me

e popula lation ion

• Intern

rnally ally displac aced people from Abkhaz azia ia live e in the affec ecte ted villag lages

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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
• ding

g of communal al land d (pastu ture res and forests ts)

• Impact

t econ

• nom
• mic

ic liveho ehood

• ds
• 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

• nom
• mic

ic impacts ts

• propose mitiga

gation tion

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Consu nsultati tation

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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

• nstru

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

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Natural hazards ds – inadequat quate assessm sment ent

• Nenskra

ra HPP may increas rease e the geo risks:

– Multi tiple existi ting g mudflow

• ws 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

• ding

g risks ks

• Nenskra

ra ESIA fails ils to:

– Identi tify y exi xisti ting g mudflows

• ws effects

ts – Assess mudflow

• w and landslide

de risks ks – Propose adequate te mitiga gati tion

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• Nenskra

ra is located ated in Upper Svan anetia tia region

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• 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

• nal

al Park >h >hydro ro develop

• pment

t clash with conservation rvation effor

• rts

ts

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Multiple tiple hydro ro combined mbined impact act

Plann nned ed hydropo dropowe wer plants ts Upper er Sva vaneti netia, a, Georgia

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For r more re information:

• rmation:

David Chipashvili Green Alternative/CEE Bankwatch Network Georgian Campaigner dchipashvili@greenalt.org

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• 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
• Map of planned hydropower plants in Upper Svanetia
• Review of Nenskra HEP ESIA study