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As Datang Corporation Plays the Fool at Mekong Dam Consultations Will China Government Step in and Apply its Screening Policies for Sensitive Investments ?

November 22, 2018, 3:54 am November 22, 2018

Since March 2018 all overseas investment projects “affecting transboundary water resources” are classified by China Government as “sensitive” and “restricted” and should be subjected to detailed assessment of their impacts on countries of investment and reputation of Chinese institutions and policies. Environmental and local livelihoods concerns are among key …

Central Asia, Featured, Greening Silk Road, Solidarity

The Rogun Dam Trap

November 17, 2018, 4:17 am December 11, 2021

A magnificent show “Father of the Nation Turning on Lights to End Years of Darkness” was staged in Tajikistan on November 16 as President Emomali Rakhmon “launched” a model of the Rogun Hydropower Plant manufactured at 1/5 of its planned size. Esteemed guests from Afganistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan,Russia and other …

Solidarity

World Bank: Nenskra hydropower project is a major liability

November 16, 2018, 4:54 am November 17, 2018

Successive international analyses have cast serious doubts over the financial viability of the planned Nenskra plant. While the Georgian government keeps the project’s contract confidential, a leaked World Bank report offers a scathing account of the fiscal implications of this hydropower development. Community members, experts and civil society groups have …

Solidarity

Dam on Pärnu River Removed to Allow Revival of Migratory Fishes in Estonia

October 29, 2018, 12:54 am October 29, 2018

Sindi Dam on Parnu River blocked fish migration Source https://www.ccb.se/documents/2-Estonia.pdf In October long-awaited dam removal started on Pärnu River in Estonia. After almost 150 years in existence the Sindi Dam near mouth of the river is being demolished now. This is the largest national project of its kind. After demolition …

Central Asia, Greening Silk Road

Dream of Riparian Poplar Forests Along the Silk Routes

September 29, 2018, 1:28 pm September 29, 2018

A Glimpse of China’s “People to People” cooperation along the Belt and Road Among the five pillars of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), “promoting people to people connection” is probably the least well understood, not just because of the intangible nature of such cooperation in general (compared with huge …

Greening Silk Road, Solidarity

Repeated Mistake: Budhi Gandaki Hydro again awarded to China Gezhouba without free competition

September 25, 2018, 6:55 am September 25, 2018

Kathmandu, Sept 23 The government has decided to again award the contract for development of the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project to China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), which has a dodgy record in Nepal and is blacklisted in other countries, without free competition. The Cabinet meeting Friday has instructed the Energy …