Rivers without Boundaries

New Regulation on Evaluation of River Hydropower Plans issued in China

NDRC Environmental Protection Department Developing and Reforming Energy [2011] No. 2242 Provisional Measures for the Evaluation of River Hydropower Plans (RHPs)[1] and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) Chapter I: General Provisions 1) These measures are designed to regulate the evaluation of River Hydropower Plans (RHPs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs). Its …

Hydropower

HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN 2020. Published in the “Water Yearbook: Central Asia and around the Globe-2020”, SIC ICWC, Tashkent 2021. CONTENTS: I.HYDRO HAS A MODEST ROLE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLUTION…GLOBAL HYDROPOWER EXPANSION DYNAMICS. 2021.09.20 II.SNAPSHOT ON HYDROPOWER INSTALLED IN 2020 AND TRENDS BEHIND IT. 2021.09.21 III.PERSISTENT PROBLEMS IN HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN …

Rivers and mining

  “LAW TO  PROHIBIT MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MINING OPERATIONS AT HEADWATERS OF RIVERS, PROTECTED ZONES OF WATER RESERVOIRS AND FORESTED AREAS” (Mongolians call it LLN- law with long name) THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE LAW WITH LONG NAME (2009-2013)   RAID letter to the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  on …

Hydropower assessments

Besides immediate involvement in on-going hydropower-vs-rivers debate, Rivers without Boundaries coalition also works on long-term tools and solutions for river conservation and sustainable development. The Coalition seeks to enhance members’ capacity to assess water infrastructure development schemes at project and river-basin levels. It assists development of a common platform for …

Dauria Going Dry

Adaptation to climate change in transboundary headwaters of the Amur River Basin Dauria project is one of  8 members of UNECE Water Convention pilot projects on adaptation to climate change in transboundary basins.(See UN review of all projects) Background: of the project. Dauria wetlands support globally significant populations of at …