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BIG HPPS ON CAUCASIAN RIVERS NEED TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS IMPACT ASSESSMENT
arminfo
Friday, August 3, 17:50
"When building big hydraulic structures on the rivers in the
Caucasus, assessment of possible impact on the Transboundary Rivers is
required as well as Strategic Environmental. Assessment. Nino
Chkhobadze, former minister of environment of Georgia, Co-chair of the
NGO Greens Movement of Georgia - Friends of the Planet, made such
statement talking to ArmInfo.
She said that Transboundary Rivers in the Caucasus are used for
irrigation purposes, so water deficiency or avulsion may affect the
irrigation system. All this, she said, will have a negative impact on
the agriculture, industry and economy, in general. Chkhobadze brought
the example of the project of the Cascade of hydropower plants
Beshikaya in Turkey that implies avulsion of the head waters of the
River of Kura. Under the project, the riverhead will start in the
territory of Georgia and not Turkey. Consequently, if the project is
implemented, water deficiency in the Kura River basin will make up
30-%-40%, which will create serious environmental problems for the
basins of Kura and Aras rivers.
Environmentalists in Armenia are alarming that construction of small
HPPs may endanger the fish fauna and the nearby forests.
Environmentalists outline the project of HPP on the tributary Paghjour
of the Agstev River that may affect Lastiver Waterfall, as well as two
small HPPs on the River of Meghri, which resulted in change of the
ground category near the National park Arevik. Residents of
Gegharkunik region are alarming that construction of a new HPP on the
River of Argichi will leave the Martuni community without water.
Activists are concerned that the river may shrink affecting
reproduction of the trout and other fish included in the Red Book.
arminfo
Friday, August 3, 17:50
"When building big hydraulic structures on the rivers in the
Caucasus, assessment of possible impact on the Transboundary Rivers is
required as well as Strategic Environmental. Assessment. Nino
Chkhobadze, former minister of environment of Georgia, Co-chair of the
NGO Greens Movement of Georgia - Friends of the Planet, made such
statement talking to ArmInfo.
She said that Transboundary Rivers in the Caucasus are used for
irrigation purposes, so water deficiency or avulsion may affect the
irrigation system. All this, she said, will have a negative impact on
the agriculture, industry and economy, in general. Chkhobadze brought
the example of the project of the Cascade of hydropower plants
Beshikaya in Turkey that implies avulsion of the head waters of the
River of Kura. Under the project, the riverhead will start in the
territory of Georgia and not Turkey. Consequently, if the project is
implemented, water deficiency in the Kura River basin will make up
30-%-40%, which will create serious environmental problems for the
basins of Kura and Aras rivers.
Environmentalists in Armenia are alarming that construction of small
HPPs may endanger the fish fauna and the nearby forests.
Environmentalists outline the project of HPP on the tributary Paghjour
of the Agstev River that may affect Lastiver Waterfall, as well as two
small HPPs on the River of Meghri, which resulted in change of the
ground category near the National park Arevik. Residents of
Gegharkunik region are alarming that construction of a new HPP on the
River of Argichi will leave the Martuni community without water.
Activists are concerned that the river may shrink affecting
reproduction of the trout and other fish included in the Red Book.