Friday, 04 July 2014 00:00
Vulnerabilities to hydropower development on the Nu River, China (Global Water Forum)
China’s active hydropower development is commanding global attention. New cascades of large dams are planned on large transboundary rivers and smaller dams are being rapidly built on their tributaries. Downstream nations and international conservation organizations are becoming increasingly concerned....
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Upper Salween (Nujiang)
Friday, 04 July 2014 00:00
The film MEKONG examines the issues of hydro power development and its impact on Mekong River citizen's lives.
Published in
_Mekong Global
Thursday, 29 May 2014 02:00
Sesan sayonara : With construction starting on Cambodia's largest dam villagers look down the barrel of forced evictions
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3Ss (Sekong, Sesan, Sre Pok)
Friday, 18 April 2014 00:00
Mekong Matters: sharing hydropower benefits across the basin
In the Mekong River Basin, hydropower has great potential to bring economic prosperity and electrification to rural communities while meeting the growing power demands of urban centers. But ensuring the benefits from hydropower are equitably shared within nations as well as at the river basin scale is not easy.
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_Mekong Global
Friday, 21 March 2014 00:00
Can hydropower benefit displaced communities in the Mekong? (CGIAR-WLE)
A persistent problem in the Mekong is that misplaced and resettled river communities are unable to continue their original way of living. For example, they may lose access to cultivable land, grazing spaces for livestock, or fishing grounds, which can often mean losing an important source of income. How can new sustainable options be created for these communities?
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_Mekong Global