Bankwatch Mail 63
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 10 pages, pdf
Description:
The latest blow to the planned 68 megawatt Boškov Most hydropower plant, a highly controversial project that has attracted EUR 65 million in financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), was dealt in early December by the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, the European wildlife treaty. In a new recommendation, the Convention’s committee called on the Macedonian government to suspend its plans for establishing over 20 hydropower facilities – including Boškov Most – in the Mavrovo National Park until a strategic environmental assessment (SEA), analysing potential impacts, is completed.