permaculture

[Amir Redzic <redzic_amir@yahoo.com>]

Hi Lawrence and thanks for this!

the blog is not mine, though, I just recently discovered it

I am not sure what can be done, but I thought it would be great to share some 
information with this list, as I recognize it as a cutting edge forum for 
sustainable living

right now there is an ongoing project of a hydroelectric dam near place 
called Ulog, in the heart of the upper course of the river

mountain Prenj, ("Small Alps" due to numerous peaks over 2000m)  which has 
been debated to become national park for many decades, due to its numerous 
endemic plants, is on the route of the proposed European Corridor 5-C, a 
split highway

in the lower course, there are ongoing projects for hydro energy under name 
"Gornji Horizonti" - this project is in the area of Eastern Part of 
Herzegovina region, east of Neretva, that large tip in the southeast of the 
country

the purpose of the project (some of it already implemented) is to divert 
water which flows to Neretva, to river Trebisnjica further south, to be 
accumulated for energy

and threatens to make a desert in the parts of the valley

and reduces the amount of water which flows in the sea, so that salt water is 
more easily advancing inland

i suppose climate change and the influence of parts of Gornji Horizonti which 
have been implemented are the reason that Hutovo Blato is recently discovered 
to be endangered by salty water; it a Ramsar site, a great swamp and a refuge 
for birds

there have been reports of salty water as upstream as Capljina

but I have only recently started looking into this, so I am still quite lost

WWF projects are great, but it is all full of corruption, like the lady who 
works on a WWF project also works for "an institute for hydrotechnics" which 
is a quasi-private institute/company which works with water, and I heard that 
this company was hired in the consortium which prepares project documentation 
for the European Corridor 5-C 

or, a feasibility study for making  mountains Prenj, Cvrsnica, Cabulja a 
national park has been prepared by two companies (one called Electroprojekt 
Zagreb, and the other called Bosna-S Oil Company, recently renamed to Enova) 
- now you may infer from the names of the companies how their wealth and 
profesional references have been built

it is all so ridiculus 

and this feasibility study has been stuck for years and years, because of 
political divisions, corporate lobbyist, international interests (guess where 
the equipment for the proposed dams is going to come from? Many Austrian 
companies in particular have been implicated, also recently there has been 
capital coming in from Kazahstan (natural gas electric plants in Zenica), 
Saudi Arabia (shopping mall/hotel/whatever in the center of Sarajevo), United 
States (ditto - right accross the road from each other)...

River Neretva transcends all borders, it covers areas where all the three 
sado-mazo groups tend to live

and I feel like there is still a some indigenous knowledge left in the 
smaller communities in the area

my grandmother of 86 told me stories of how they lived, it is all basically 
permaculture

traditional ways of life were not wasteful, they were relaxed and chilled, 
and so much better for all, I look so much to this coming depression

But we need to prepare with permaskills

this region in general is in grave need of permaculture and similar courses

people are hypnothised with television, facebooks, shiny things

best
a

--- On Tue, 3/15/11, Lawrence F. London, Jr. <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net> 
wrote:

> From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Neretva needs you
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 3:31 AM
> On 3/14/2011 6:38 PM, Amir Redzic
> wrote:
> > Dear All
> > 
> > river Neretva is a pearl in the Balkans, endangered by
> capitalism, waste, and similar outdated human constructs.
> Here is a good blog:
> > 
> > http://neretva-trout.blogspot.com/p/intro-uvod.html
> > 
> > kind regards
> > Amir
> 
> Hello Amir and welcome to the permaculture list, or shall I
> say, _this_ permaculture forum..
> 
> I looked at your beautiful, inspiring blog then Googled a
> map of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
> 
> What can be done to stop misuse of this endangered natural
> resource
> in its tracks?
> 
> A lovely natural unspoiled trout stream is one of the most
> wonderful things a person can encounter in his lifetime. I
> spent much of my childhood wandering around the woods and
> along streams in my hometown, marvelling at what I saw. It
> instilled a deep appreciation of Nature
> in me that will endure.
> 
> LL
> 
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