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Aug 10, 2023 · The Neretva River, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is known for its unique biodiversity, but a hydropower boom is putting this at risk. Scientists are uniting to save the waterway.
Aug 17, 2021 · After protests, and as the result of an ongoing legal battle, two small hydropower electric plants on the Neretvica River are cancelled. Local activists have gained numbers and strength during months of uncertainty about the river’s future. By Devin Murphy on August 17, 2021
Sep 22, 2020 · “There is no danger that would prevent us from taking to the streets and defending our river, not a pandemic or anything else,” says Mirela Sarajlić, who grew up on the Neretvica River and is the secretary for an association of citizens called ‘Neretvica—Let me flow freely’. “The river is our lifeline, the main aorta of our being.
That's why we gather in Konjic on 11.11 this year, at a large protest meeting to mark a turning point in the battle for Neretva. We demand: Urgent stop of the construction of HPP Ulog; Cessation of the planned HPPs Bjelimići and Glavatičevo and 7 small hydropower plants in the area of the upper reaches of the Neretva;
A fitting name for a river that has inspired artists, poets, and scientists throughout history. Its source is situated at the base of the Zelengora and Lebršnik mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the height of 1,227 meters above sea level. Flowing for 230 kilometers before it empties into the Adriatic Sea in Croatia, the Neretva River is ...
The Neretva flows through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia before reaching the Adriatic Sea. It is the largest karst river in the Dinaric Alps in the eastern part of the Adriatic basin/watershed. Its total length is 225 kilometres (140 miles), of which 208 kilometres (129 miles) are in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the final 22 kilometres (14 ...
Oct 20, 2023 · But it seems that activism and conservation are a natural byproduct of visiting the banks of a river like Neretva. For Špela Borko, Researcher and Coordinator at Scientists for Balkan Rivers, just one week in the field on the Neretva was enough to bring the scientists to the heart of the movement to save the river.
