Month: <span>January 2012</span>

Digest: Sino-Russian Hydropower in 2011

Here we present list of hydropower-related materials published on RwB web-sites in 2011   PAPERS: Basin-wide impact assessment of hydropower development – Methodology suggested to the 6th World Water Forum as RwB’s contribution to Target 2.3.4 ‘Evaluation framework for energy impacts on water’.   Appeal to HKEx on EuroSibEnergo plans …

New study: Flow alteration in China may ruin Argun river wetlands

At the 5th International Conference “Earth from space – most effective solutions”, in December 2011, Moscow State University (MSU) hydrologists presented the results of research on expected consequences of water infrastructure projects in the basin of the transboundary Argun River. The scientists came to the conclusion that if all planned …

Europe flows into Asia?

Very successful international Conference “Europe-Asia transboundary water cooperation” was held in mid December in rainy Geneva at the Palace of Nations. More than 80 high-level representatives from 25 Asian and European States gathered in Geneva to discuss cooperation on the management and protection of transboundary waters along the borders of …