Georgia´s highlanders against hydropower
(World News Russia)

As the Georgian government moves ahead with its plans for increasing the country´s hydropower capacity, local communities are being sidelined in the process of compensation payments. Locals working on their land to produce their food, Svaneti. (c) Bankwatch. All rights reserved. Earlier this summer, I visited Georgia´s Svaneti region together with colleagues from Bankwatch . Svaneti, located high in the Caucasian mountains, borders the breakaway territory of Abkhazia, and is home to some of the most pristine rivers in the Caucasus. As a team of civil society members, we travelled there to talk with local people and analyse the quality of consultations over future development projects on...