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Conflicts

infrastructure development x nature protection

case study

Hyundai Nošovice

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Vilém Řiháček

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Veronica

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Why Nošovice?

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Why Nošovice?

- Proximity to Slovakia

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Why Nošovice?

- Proximity to Slovakia

- Friendly approach

of the government

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Why Nošovice?

- Friendly approach

of the government

- Proximity to Slovakia

- Nice view

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Non-governmental organizations

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Non-governmental organizations

- Strong involvement from the very

beginning!!!

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Non-governmental organizations

- Using legal tools

- Strong involvement from the very

beginning!!!

Doubts about the conception

• The landowners were threaten with

death

• Threat of expropriation

• Petition against the conception

• EIA errors

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„DECLARATION OF

UNDERSTANDING“

among Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, Investment and Business Development Agency CzechInvest, Moravian-Silesian Region, HyundayMotor Company and four Civic Associations

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EIA

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Environmental

Impact

Assessment

EIA

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Many imperfecions of the EIA

announcement:

-No comparison of the alternatives

-Some obliged parts missing

(biological survey, runoff study)

EIA

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Many imperfecions of the EIA

announcement:

-No comparison of the alternatives

-Some obliged parts missing

(biological survey, runoff study)

The authority considered the

announcement to be an EIA

documentation!!!

EIA obstacles generally

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EIA

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- EIA is funded by the investor

- Enables the submitter to work with

non realistic variants only

- Is not part of the licensing procedure,

is not a resolution – it is an expert basis for another authority´s resolution

- It cannot be reviewed judically

- Internet EIA databases are becomingextensive

- Comprehensive summary is missing

- Large files to download

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