Analysis of legal changes in relation to preventing further construction of SHPP in BiH
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Analysis of legal changes in relation to preventing further construction of SHPP in BiH

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BiH has a total of 244 rivers, which means that with the construction of more than 500 planned small hydropower plants, effectively all rivers in the country would be used for commercial purposes (Bučinski, 2017). It is enough to look at the photos of dry riverbeds to become clear that there are no conditions for the life of plants and animals that depend on water, because water is the life.

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Date of Publication
September 2022
Publisher
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Sarajevo
Number of Pages
40
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Language of publication
ENG
Table of contents

Table of content

List of abbreviations and terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5



Chapter 1.

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.1 Statement of the research problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.2 Purpose of analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.3 Research questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.4 Importance of analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.5 Research design and methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8



Chapter 2.

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.1 Technologies of renewable energy sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.2 Small hydropower plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.3 Subsidizing the hydropower tsunami in Bosnia and Herzegovina . . . . . 13



Chapter 3.

LEGAL CHANGES - PREVENTION OF FURTHER

CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHPP IN BIH .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    14

3.1 Moratorium on the SHPP in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . . 15

3.2 Moratorium on the SHPP in the Republika Srpska . . . . . . . . . . 26

3.3 Observations of the members of the Coalition for the Protection of Rivers of BiH in relation to joint activities aimed at preventing further construction of hydropower plants in BiH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27



Chapter 4.

RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . 30

Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33



Appendix A

Questionnaire: Stopping further construction of the SHPPs in Bosnia and Herzegovina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35