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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 …

Amur, Featured

From now on China considers basin-wide impacts of hydropower

A new policy on basin-wide strategic assessment of relations between hydropower and environment called “Provisional Measures for the Evaluation of River Hydropower Plans (RHPs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)” (“????????????????????????”) was issued by National Reform and Development Commission (NRDC). Methodology is intended for use in “Important River” Hydropower Plans, which …

Amur, Featured, Shilka, Yenisey

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 …