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Cases / Wind, hydro and other renewables · Bosnia and Herzegovina · 2018

Court in Bosnia and Herzegovina cancels small hydropower permits

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

A court in Bosnia and Herzegovina cancelled permits for small hydropower plants in 2018, the NGO Arnika reported. River flows at the affected sites are the nature at stake.

What?
A court cancelled small hydropower permits in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as reported by Arnika. Arnika
Where?
Bosnia and Herzegovina; the plant locations are not stated. Arnika
When?
2018, per the Arnika report. Arnika
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A court decision cancelled the permits; the grounds are not stated in the sources reviewed. Arnika
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

The NGO Arnika reported that a court in Bosnia and Herzegovina cancelled small hydropower permits in 2018.

The sources reviewed give no court name, case number or plant location for the ruling.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not give the grounds for the court's decision.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say who held the permits or whether the plants were built.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gained, lost or was harmed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Communities and civil society