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Is this the beginning of a recycling revolution in Azerbaijan?

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(Vafa Zeynalova/OC Media)

The fight against plastic waste in Azer­bai­jan entered a new stage late last year after the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources announced the possible adoption of a law against plastic bags use. But while the Ministry of Envi­ron­ment sees the solution as being through private and public ini­tia­tives, the general public expects reg­u­la­to­ry actions from the author­i­ties. [Read more…]

Editorial | Georgia’s show of force in Pankisi was reckless and irresponsible

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(Illus­tra­tion: Dato Parulava/ OC Media)

A pitched battle between pro­test­ers and riot police in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley has undone years of work to build trust with a community that has been his­tor­i­cal­ly mar­gin­alised. The gov­ern­ment needs to pri­ori­tise a more par­tic­i­pa­to­ry approach to regional devel­op­ment over business interests.

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Georgian riot police deploy rubber bullets and tear gas in Pankisi hydropower protest

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Riot police in Birkiani in Pankisi Valley (Sulkhan Bor­dzikashvili /Facebook)

Riot police have deployed rubber bullets and tear gas against pro­test­ers in northeast Georgia’s Pankisi Valley after local residents tried to prevent the resump­tion of work on a hydropow­er plant in the valley.

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In pictures | Tbilisi’s dying evergreens

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(Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media)

As the trees on Tbilisi’s periphery have began to turn orange and die, struck by parasites and bark fungi spreading through­out the city, Tbilisi City Hall has begun a massive tree cutting and treatment programme. But envi­ron­men­tal activists say there is more that can be done to save Tbilisi’s last green areas. [Read more…]

Svans ‘swear on icons’ to oppose gold mine

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24 February meeting of Svan activists in Tbilisi (/Svaneti Youth Movement)

Over 200 people gathered in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Sunday for a meeting in oppo­si­tion to a gold mine in the village of Ieli, in the his­tor­i­cal mountain region of Svaneti.

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Georgia ‘likely to scrap’ most of controversial mountain road

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The current road to Tusheti (Robin Fabbro / OC Media)

Georgian author­i­ties have said they are likely to scrap most of a con­tro­ver­sial mountain road project which would have connected Georgia’s northern Khevi region with the north­east­ern Tusheti region, through Khev­sureti and linking up with the Pankisi valley. [Read more…]

NDI: Air pollution top environmental concern in Georgia

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'My city is killing me', par­tic­i­pant of the September 2018 rally against air pollution, Tbilisi. (Shota Kincha/OC Media)

Air pollution is the number one envi­ron­men­tal concern in Georgia, according to a new poll released by NDI. The poll showed a growing awareness of envi­ron­men­tal topics in Georgia, with the capital Tbilisi leading the way. [Read more…]

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