Serbia’s struggle for rivers — and survival
Citizens say hydropower battle is just getting started.
|2018.09.20
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"A mistake was made when small hydropower plants were permitted to be built in protected areas.”
"There are about 200 projects planned or already under construction solely in protected areas.”
Ulrich Eichelmann, Riverwatch“I don’t know what should be done to change something. The one who accuses you is the one who adjudicates you.”
Saša Bjelić, activist“We’re on the lookout, because we never know when the next hydropower plant might crop up.”
Saša Bjelić, activist“Young people tend to leave this place. The rest may not be enchanted by what is being built, but they were mainly only silent observers.”
Jelena Drmanac, activist
Jovana Georgievski
Jovana Georgievski is a Belgrade-based journalist at Vreme Weekly. Her areas of interest are migration, and Balkan narratives and their reflection on culture and everyday life. She is a Belgrade Open School alumna and speaks Russian and English.
This story was originally written in Serbian.