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MK 22: Balancing River Health and Hydropower Requirements in the Lancang River Basin

MK 22: Balancing River Health and Hydropower Requirements in the Lancang River Basin

Natalie OrentlicherJune 3, 2016

With a vision of integrating both ecological and social values, this project will develop a multi-scale state and impact assessment (MSIA) framework and apply it to evaluate river health and the relationship between hydropower and river health. We will study key transboundary effects components including hydrology, sediment transport, water temperature, fish communities, flood, drought, and navigation.

Based on the evaluation and comparison with international best practices, the environmental mitigation and compensation measures of hydropower projects will be studied to fill existing knowledge gaps in the Lancang River Basin. Our project will also study the specific needs of women, and impacts on women’s livelihoods, and factors that influence women’s participation in river health management. Our findings will be shared with hydropower developers and regulators in Laos.

Lead: Ecofish Research Ltd. (Canada)
Yu Xuezhong (xzyu@ecofishresearch.com)

Partners:  Asian International Rivers Center (AIRC), Yunnan University, China; Faculty of Agriculture (FOA), National University of Laos

More project information and http://lancang-mekong-partnership.org/en/

Project outputs

Publications

The project comprehensive report

State of Knowledge Paper: Hydropower Environmental Mitigation Measures on the Lancang River

International Experience and Reference of Watershed Management of Hydropower Engineering. Ecofish

Experience and implications of international green hydropower certification, China Water Power & Electrification, 2015 (7): 13-15.

Assessment of the impact of water diversion hydropower stations on fish in Canada. Ecofish

Summary of research on reservoir water temperature model. Yunnan University. Asian International River Research Center(AIRC)

Blogs

Development reduces gender impacts of hydropower: A perspective from China

Did hydropower kill the Lancang River

Transboundary hydropower operation calls for long-term mechanism in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin

Water resources collaboration: Potential flagship in Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism

 

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