Struja ili priroda

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SOS for the River Dobra
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Dobra

• Karst river, goes underground in the town of
  Ogulin and forms the longest subterranean cave
  system in Croatia with a length of gt16 km
• It emerges again near Gojak and enters a high
  canyon, full of rapids and beautiful waterfalls

• thanks to the inaccessible canyon, the Dobra has
  stayed clean and unspoiled

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But... preparatory works for the construction of
a dam for HPP Lece at the end of the canyon are
underway!
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Because of that we will lose forever
one of the most beautiful river canyons in
Croatia!
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A 52 m high dam will flood the canyon part of the
River Dobra for 13 km, and transform it into a
deep and cold reservoir
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This bridge, for instance, will be on the bottom
of the reservoir!
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And the whole river ecosystem will be completely
destroyed!
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HPP Lece
Price? A real bargain 67 000 000 Euros!
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HE Lece

• planned power 42 MW
• planned production 94 GWh/year
• gt Less than 1 of annual production in Croatia!

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For instance, this small amount of electricity
could be gained by improving and reconstructing
the transmission and distribution system.
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Is it worth spoiling an impressive canyon, just
to top up the electricity thats already leaking
because of the old technology and losses in the
transmission and distribution system?
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Value of the lower Dobra canyon
BIODIVERSITY
The cliffs of the canyon, which are 80 m high,
are a habitat for many animal and plant species.
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The canyon hides many species of invertebrates,
some of them probably not yet identified.
And it is a habitat for many vertebrate species
like dippers, kingfishers, redshanks, otters
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36 fish species live here and 19 are listed in
the Red Book (2006) among them the Danube salmon
(Hucho hucho) a threatened species in Croatia
and Europe.
This part of the waterflow is one of the last
breeding sites of the Danube salmon in Croatia.
The dam will disable its migration, and the
reservoir will flood the suitable spots for
hatching.
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DIVERSE SUBTERRANEAN FAUNA

• The Ogulin area is bountiful with subterranean
  systems which are inhabited by rare and endemic
  animal species Ogulinsko podrucje obiluje
  podzemnim sustavima koje nastanjuju rijetke i
  endemicne vrste ivotinja
• Proteus anguinus Istrian olm (vulnerable
  species)
• Eunapius subterraneus cave sponge unique in the
  world
• (threatened)
• Troglocaris intermedia cave prawn (threatened)
• Velkovrhia enigmatica cave hydrozoan unique in
  the world
• (threatened)
• Marifugia cavatica cave tube-worm (vulnerable)
• Monolistra caeca meridionalis cave pill-bug
• Myotis capaccinii long-fingered bat
  (threatened)
• The Karst Waters Institute, West Virginia, USA,
  proclaimed whole Ogulin area as one of ten most
  threatened karst ecosystems in the world in 2003.
  
• By flooding the canyon of the lower Dobra, 10
  caves will be submerged and many subterranean
  habitats will be destroyed!

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The Dobra is the best river for rafting in
Croatia!
TOURISM
It is a bright spot in the otherwise sparse
tourist attractions of Karlovac county
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The EIA of HPP Lece was made in the 80s when
the standards for nature protection were
significantly lower.
The construction of HPP Lece is breaking many
international conventions, signed in the meantime
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• Bern Convention
• Bonn Convention

• EU Water Framework Directive

• The Dobra is listed in the preliminary National
  ecological network (CRO-NEN) and proposed for
  Natura 2000
• It was planned to be protected as a Protected
  landscape by the Strategy of spatial planning of
  Croatia,1997

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An interesting fact is that the EIA can not be
found, even through the authorities. The
respective Ministry does not have a copy either.
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Karst basin
this karst porous basin will deteriorate with
the huge amounts of construction material needed
to fill in all holes in the terrain. This special
requirement brings this projects cost-benefit
analysis into question.
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Taking the projects size and (incomplete!)
analysis of its impact on the environment into
consideration, a new EIA is more than required.
Veliki Buk fall
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Everyone who has ever
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rafted on its rapids
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camped by its waterfalls
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bathed in the summer
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or taken a drink there
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will agree that the Dobra
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Is PreDobra (TooGood) for so little electricity!
You can also help in our campaign. You can save
Dobra by signing the protest letter and the
petition! http//www.zelena-akcija.hr/