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  • Myitsone Hydroelectric Project, an International Rivers briefing

    A report about the Myitsone Hydroelectric Project, the largest of seven dams planned along the Irrawaddy, Mali Hka, and N’Mai Hka rivers in Myanmar. The Myitsone is located at...

  • New arenas of engagement at the water governance-climate finance nexus? An analysis of the boom and bust of hydropower CDM projects in Vietnam

    This article explores whether new arenas of engagement for water governance have been created and utilised following the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)...

  • Strategies of the poorest in local water conflict and cooperation – Evidence from Vietnam, Bolivia and Zambia

    This paper examines the strategies of poor households in local water conflicts, based on case study studies from Vietnam, Bolivia and Zambia. It is shown that such households...

  • Water policy dynamics under a post-Cold War communism

    This article will contextualise accounts of political intention and policy development towards water issues in Vietnam. The author examines two main empirics: the evolution of...

  • A study of the climate change impacts on fluvial flood propagation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

    This paper investigated the extent of the flood propagation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta under different projected flood hydrographs, considering the 2000 flood event as the...

  • The changing political dynamics of dam building on the Mekong

    Since the 1950s, dam building in the Mekong river basin has been enmeshed in a complex and shifting geopolitical and eco-political landscape. The broad geopolitical sweep of US...

  • The rise and implications of the water-energy-food nexus in Southeast Asia through an environmental justice lens

    This article maps the rise of the water-energy-food 'nexus' as a research, policy and project agenda in mainland Southeast Asia. The authors argue that introducing the concept...

  • Hydraulic bureaucracy in a modern hydraulic society: Strategic group formation in the Mekong delta, Vietnam

    The last three decades have seen dramatic changes as increased hydraulic management has become the key to the development of the lower Mekong delta. This process has triggered...

  • Pockets of participation: Bureaucratic incentives and participatory irrigation management in Thailand

    A report exploring participation in water user organisations (WUOs) in Thailand, and implications for policy. Comparing nine WUOs, the author identifies factors that contribute...

  • Dams on Mekong tributaries as significant contributors of hydrological alterations to the Tonle Sap Floodplain in Cambodia

    This study aims to quantify how hydropower development in the Sesan, Srepok, and Sekong (3S) rivers, together with definite future (DF) plans for infrastructure development,...

  • Node and regime: Interdisciplinary analysis of water-energy-food nexus in the Mekong Region

    An article examining the findings and recommendations of a major 'nexus' research-for-development project in the Mekong region. The author begins at the standpoint that...

  • Transboundary water conflicts, a case study: Yali hydropower dam construction in Vietnam

    A report about the challenges in assessing environmental impacts of large dams along international rivers, using the case study of the Yali dam. The author argues that the...

  • First IWRM assessment report for the four case basins: Glomma, Tagus, Sesan and Tungabhadra

    This report assesses to what extent Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) principles have been followed in the four STRIVER case basins- Glomma, Sesan, Tagus, and...

  • The Don Sahong Hydropower Project

    A briefing sheet on the Don Sahong Hydropower Project. The authors describe the project, then argue that the dam will adversely affect migratory fish species, irrawaddy...

  • Evaluation of the EIA for the proposed Upper Mekong Navigation Improvement Project

    Prepared at the request of the Mekong River Commission, this report evaluates the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Upper Mekong River Navigation Channel...

  • UNECE Water Convention: Support to management of transboundary waters

    A presentation on the UNECE Water Convention and support to parties to manage transboundary waters. The presenter outlines obligations of parties, examples from various regions,...

  • Tonle Sap biodiversity monitoring protocols

    This report forms the basis of a wide monitoring protocol for the core areas of the Tonle Sap Great Lake, focusing on Prek Toal as a model. It concentrates on the large...

  • Water diplomacy in the Lancang-Mekong river basin: Prospects and challenges

    This paper examines the prospects and challenges for achieving sustainable and equitable development of the Lancang-Mekong river basin. The author analyses key cooperative...

  • Water and climate change in the Lower Mekong Basin: Diagnosis and recommendations for adaptation

    This report presents the findings from a research project that looked at the interconnections between water and climate change in the lower basin of the Mekong River in...

  • Case study, Thailand: Pak Mun Dam and Mekong/Mun river basins (executive summary)

    An executive summary of a case study of the Pak Mun Hydropower project, a run-of-the-river dam in the Northeast of Thailand. The report is primarily based on secondary sources...

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