Five critically endangered sturgeon species in Georgia are under threat because of hydropower dams upstream.
Yet the government wants to build more - the $800m Namakhvani Hydropower Project which would build two dams across the Rioni River, which has been a breeding ground for the fish.
Al Jazeera's Robin Forestier-Walker reports from the Rioni River, Georgia.
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Yet the government wants to build more - the $800m Namakhvani Hydropower Project which would build two dams across the Rioni River, which has been a breeding ground for the fish.
Al Jazeera's Robin Forestier-Walker reports from the Rioni River, Georgia.
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