We firmly oppose the construction of a wind farm on Paštrovska Gora and are ready to the end to comply with Article 78 of the Constitution of Montenegro, which states that everyone "is obliged to preserve natural and cultural heritage of general interest". We will preserve our cultural and natural heritage with all our might, to the last drop of sweat and with all available means within the limits of legal and natural law, as well as the general principles of morality and good customs that have been valid here since the time of Byzantium and the Roman Empire", they told the Prime Minister. Dritan Abazović in an open letter, which "Vijesti" had access to, the presidents of the council of local communities "Brajići" Željko Stojanović"Saint Stephen" Vladislav Mitrović, "Bečići" Predrag Ivanovic, "Reževići" Aleksandar Radovic, "Petrovac" Željko Bjelica, "Buljarica" Vlado Papan and civic activists from Brajić and Sveti Stefan Savo Martinović, Srđan Kuljača i Blazo Kazanegra.They expect from the first man of the Government that he will support their views and start an initiative to move the wind power project planned for Brajići in Paštrovska Gora to another location.
"We are writing to you in the hope that we can try to contribute together to the preservation of our common valuable cultural and natural heritage. Your family has a good reputation in our region for many decades, so we have no doubts about your sincere intentions in the fight for the common good. We would like to draw your attention to a serious problem facing our local community in Paštrovići and Brajići, and we see that the Government of Montenegro has not yet fully understood the essence of the problem. It is about the "Brajići" wind farm project, which is planned for the most part on Paštrovska Gora, in the area of our rich natural and cultural heritage. The very name "Paštrovići" originally comes from Paštrovska Gora, rather than from the coastal belt, and our ancestors, together with the Brajići, for more than a thousand years, visited this mountain which is sacred to us and which has fed and sustained us throughout history. ", the letter says.
They state that very close, and in some places even within the planned energy zone of this wind farm in the belt of Paštrovska Gora and Brajići, there are about fifteen beautiful villages (Brajići, Uglješići, Dapkovići (Kažanegre), Kuljače, Berišino selo, Podbabac, Vojnići, Rustovo, Marojevići ) Stefan Dečanski below the Trinity), twenty-five churches, two medieval cemeteries (Rustovo and St. Đorđe), where, according to legend, the old Paštrovići who died in the battle with the army of the Hungarian king were buried Ludwig in the 14th century; several Austro-Hungarian fortresses (Kosmač, Spiridon, Carina), several old defense towers of the local population, the old Austro-Hungarian road (today a very popular hiking trail for tourists), many other old roads, including the so-called Yegor's Road from the 19th century, as and the old road from Praskvica to Đenaš with a beautiful bridge, a lot of pre-Christian ritual mounds called tumulus and hillfort, then several cult places with historical significance (such as Goli vrh where two or three wind turbines are planned, or Velja Trojica mountain where a wind turbine is planned on the remains of the old church of St. Trojica at the top), several memorial plaque from NOB (Čelobrdo, Ograđenica, Krute, Kuljače, Brajići,...), many unique beautiful mountain peaks with hiking trails, waterfalls, beautiful hills, valleys, old dolacs, forests rich in flora and fauna, and much more.
"On Paštrovska Gora, there are also numerous endemic plants such as mistletoe (lat. Viscum album), Cytisus tommasinii Vis, Petrorhagia obcordata, Seseli globiferum Vis, Micromeria longipedunculata Bräuchler and others," state representatives of local communities and emphasize that this kind of harmonious natural and the cultural entity is located somewhere in the European Union, it would probably already be placed under the protection of UNESCO.
They mention numerous scientific papers from highly rated professional journals that indicate the negative impact of wind power plants on tourism in general, rural tourism, on the visual experience of the environment, and people's health.
"Certainly no special scientific analysis is needed to understand the negative impact of such projects on tourism, health, biodiversity, birds and the like. We are already familiar with the views of the residents of Ulcinj, Gorana, Kruč and other places near the Možura wind farm as well as the Krnovo wind farm. Locals in Gorana hear noise even when they are at home, while in Kruče some are selling their cottages because of the noise and the bad impact on the environment. Locals of the villages around Krnovo hear the noise and notice that the game is running away from the forest towards the villages. It should also be noted that there are no wind farms on the Croatian islands, and they are in dire need of energy because they are separated from the mainland. There are none near Dubrovnik, so the nearest wind farm is located about 35-40 kilometers away from this Croatian jewel, in the transit zone near the Pelješko bridge. There are also no wind farms in Ibiza and Majorca, nor are they near other well-known world top destinations. The principality of Monaco buys wind farms in France for its own needs because it does not want them on its territory. In addition, from our personal experience in tourism, almost every tourist who heard about the plan to build a wind farm on the hills above St. Stefan was very unpleasantly surprised, saying that it was not good, that it was a "horror" or a "disaster". writes in the letter delivered to Abazović's cabinet.
They emphasize that they would most like tourists to react differently.
"Well, let's take a break from this fight of ours, but unfortunately it's not like that. Everything indicates, even from a layman's everyday practice, that tourists who come here do not want to see these so-called industrial wind turbines while on vacation, which are being built more and more around the world, but in transit zones around highways or some backwaters. They want to see untouched nature and that is what is required, due to the general devastation of everything on a global level. The vast majority of residents of our local communities have already signed a petition against the construction of this wind farm, as well as a large number of citizens from the entire municipality of Budva. According to Article 2 of the Constitution of Montenegro, which states that the citizen of Montenegro is the bearer of sovereignty, it would be extremely democratic to respect the position of us citizens who live here and who will suffer direct negative consequences from this project. Those harmful effects will undoubtedly be significantly greater than the benefits that this project can possibly give to the community (some 600.000 euros per year are mentioned, allegedly based on real estate tax, which is essentially nothing when you consider that it is the income of a larger Budva hotel or of an even bigger nightclub for a few days during the peak season). After all, we are sure that the only goal of any project cannot be exclusively financial valorization, especially not through the devastation and destruction of our natural heritage, which is an integral part of our tourist offer", they state in the letter.
As they emphasize, the main cause of contemporary global climate disturbances lies in human greed and the blind pursuit of profit.
"So that the eventual construction of the mentioned wind power plant in this way, without respecting the attitude of the local community and devastation of our valuable heritage, would only worsen things even more." When people respect each other more, then the emission of harmful gases will decrease and the world will become "greener". Therefore, the essence of contemporary environmental problems lies in people themselves, not in technology or nature, therefore it is people who must change and adapt to circumstances, not our beautiful and green natural environment," the letter concludes.
Exclusive and rural tourism hardly goes hand in hand with windmills
Representatives of local communities and civil activists point out that they are not against green energy.
"On the contrary, we support all green initiatives, but exclusive and rural tourism can hardly go together with windmills or as you once called them - "fans". And indeed these installations look like giant fans and therefore have no place near our tourist pearls and natural beauties. We also respect the investors from Germany, but we think it would be rational to move the project to another location, by agreement between the Government and the investors, while respecting the position of the local community. The idea of the Greens, to which you and your party belong, is a great idea, necessary in today's world of general insatiability and uncontrolled human greed, which ultimately leads to conflicts, environmental pollution, climate disturbances and other problems. The idea of the Greens implies the protection of the natural environment above all, less production for the sake of a healthier life and a greener environment, and self-control of the unlimited human needs. The idea of the Greens inherits the principles of democracy, inclusion, tolerance, equality, as well as virtues such as modesty (refraining from overproduction; riding bicycles instead of cars), tolerance (respecting diversity), and the like. However, if the implementation of the wind power plant project on Paštrovska Gora were to be started despite the opposition of the local community, along with the desecration of our natural and cultural treasures and disrespect for the history of this region, all the principles of the Greens would be trampled on, or better said, misused, unfortunately," they point out in the letter.
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