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Dodgy deal: Lower Sesan 2 dam project
Cambodia
Issue and policy briefs
Trandem, Ame, Bank Track
2013
Located on the Sesan River, just below the confluence of the Srepok River in Cambodia's Stung Treng Province Province, the large 420MW, $816 million Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam...
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Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreement (PNPCA)
Cambodia
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Mekong River Commission (MRC)
2016
This publication describes the Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreement (PNPCA) undertaken by MRC member countries for certain projects related to water use...
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Hydro CDM hall of shame
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
International Rivers
2012
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is meant to catalyze climate-friendly and sustainable projects in low-income countries. In Cambodia, despite a lack of sufficient consultat...
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Final presentation of Cambodia Prek Liang I-II hydropower projects
Cambodia
Archived web content
Kyung An Cable Co. Ltd.
2012
This screen shot demonstrates the final presentation about the hydropower dam project which will be developed at Prek Liang and surrounding areas, about 400 Km away from Phnom P...
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All Hydropower Potential Must be Developed: Energy Official.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Energy and Mines
2015
This media article argues presents the Laos PDR governments stance on hydropower projects in Laos. It cites government representatives' discussion about why Laos' hydpropower pr...
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Power Surge: The Impacts of Rapid Dam Development in Laos - An International Rivers Report
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
International Rivers
2008
This report presents the challenges that hydropower development poses to rural livelihoods and fragile ecosystems, and details the specific impacts caused by Lao dam projects. I...
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The people and their river, the World Bank and its Dam: Revisiting the Xe bang fai river in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Ian G. Baird, Bruce P. Shoemaker and Kanokwan Manorom
2015
According to the World Bank, ‘[NT2] demonstrates that hydro power projects can be designed and implemented to deliver sustainable outcomes through state-of-the-art environment...
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Rescaling and Reordering Nature–Society Relations: The Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Dam and Laos–Thailand Electricity Networks 2015
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Advocacy and promotional materials
This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systemat...
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Tools for policy dissemination
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Bridging the HydropowerPolicy-Implementation Gap (BPIG), Village...
2014
Disseminate policy details by using posters or pamphlets; Formed and trained Village Grievance Redress Committee(part of policy dissemination activity), 4 members per village.
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The socio-geography of mining and hydro in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Fenton, N., and Lindelow, M., Fenton, N., and Lindelow, M.
This paper aims to analyze the spatial distribution of mining and hydro projects in Lao PDR.
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Village resettlement in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Paul Cunnington, SOGES
2011
A presentation of a consultant's findings regarding village resettlement in Laos, mostly due to hydropower dams. Includes analysis of the legal framework in Laos, drivers of res...
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Dams, rivers and community rights
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
ອົງການແມ່ນ້ຳສາກົນ
2011
The changes that are made by the dam are not so easy to deal with. To make others respect your rights, it is essential that you yourself have a lot of education, know the plans ...
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Realizing sustainable hydropower development opportunity in the Basin Development Strateg
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
ທ່ານ ດາວວົງ ພອນແກ້ວ, ກະຊວງພະລັງງານແລະການວາງແຜນ
National Policy on Environment and Social Sustainability of Hydropower Sector –now replaced by Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development •Social and Environmental Standards a...
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China Drives Water Cooperation with Mekong Countries
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Archived web content
Sebastian Biba
2016
China agrees to engage more closely with its Southeast Asian neighbours over controversial hydropower projects and water resources
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Hydropower in Cambodia: Competing discursive story-lines of a contested development path
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
Johannes Nilsson
2015
This thesis uses discourse to analyze how different story-lines of hydropower development in the Mekong River Basin reproduce the concept of sustainable development. With actors...
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Hydropower in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Archived web content
Department of Energy Business, Ministry of Energy and Mines
2014
A government-provided overview of the major sources of hydropower in Laos.
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Multiple use benefits: Nam Ngum 1 Hydropower Plant, Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol
2005
Discusses the Nam Ngum 1 Hydropower Plant. Originally proposed for its power generation benefits to Lao PDR, the Nam Ngum 1 Dam creates significant additional benefits, includin...
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Resettlement impacts of Nam Ngum 2 hydro-power project on community culture
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sengkham, S.
2007
This report examines the resettlement of people for Nam Ngum 2, a 615-megawatt hydroelectric dam in central Lao PDR. The author identifies several human and environmental rights...
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Analysis of Project 41924 - 014 : Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project , Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
International river , Mekong watch
2014
Analyzes a foreign investment into a Lao hydro power project, and its impact on local population. Provides recommendations on conducting environmental impact studies and engagin...
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Lao Economic Monitor Challenges in promoting more inclusive growth and shared prosperity
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
The World Bank Lao PDR
2016
Similar to the last decade, the resource sectors ( hydropower and extractives ) continued to make an important contribution to growth.