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'Not Backing Down': Activists Block Hydro Plants In N.Macedonia

Environmental activist hold a banner reading "Rivers are not private business" as they gather to protest the construction of small hydropower plants on the Dosnica river (Credit: AFP)

Deep in the rugged forests of North Macedonia, small-hydropower developers are facing off with activists who warn that a thirst for lucrative green energy contracts is threatening the country's rivers.

For over a month, protesters have blocked roads into Hydro Dosnica's remote construction sites on Mount Kozuf, where two small hydroelectric power plants are proposed on what activists claim is one of the last healthy rivers in the country.

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