Life in exchange for kilowatts: Rogun Dam and resettlement from the flood zone
The international coalition Rogun Alert published today an analysis of plans to relocate people from the flood zone of the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, calling...
Ice Bomb: Melting glaciers threaten dams in Central Asia
In the Tajikabad district of Tajikistan, a large mass of ice broke off from the glacier at the top of Ismoil Somoni peak. According to...
Tajikistan and IDB discussed financing of the Rogun Dam project
Representatives of Tajikistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) discussed key development projects in the country. The meeting of the First Deputy Minister of Finance...
Hydropower threatens a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tajikistan
The Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve in Tajikistan, recently included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, is facing serious threats that call into question its long-term...
Tajikistan is looking for investors to build a new large Dam
Tajikistan has launched the process of attracting investments for the implementation of a major energy project – the construction of the Shurab Dam. The planned...
The pitfalls of the Rogun Dam: about the fate of immigrants from the flood zone
The Rogun Dam construction project in Tajikistan in its current form involves the forced relocation of up to 60 thousand local residents from the flood...
EBRD strategy and Rogun Dam: working in the shadow of a risky project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has presented its new strategy for Tajikistan for 2025-2030, in which it outlined plans to support the...
The construction of Dams in Central Asia is complicated by tectonic faults
In Central Asia, the number of power plants that do not saturate the atmosphere with carbon dioxide emissions is growing – solar, wind and hydroelectric...
The transfer of burials from the flood zone of the Rogun reservoir has begun
In the area of the construction of the Rogun Dam, the process of transferring more than two dozen cemeteries and individual burials that fall under...
Environmentalists demand that the hearings on the Rogun Dam be declared invalid
The international ecological coalition "Rivers without Borders" expressed serious concern about the organization of public consultations on the Rogun Dam project, which took place on...