National policy environmental and social sustainability of the Hydropower sector in lao PDR, No.561 CP

Sustainable development of the hydro-power sector is founded on three important principles: (a) economic sustainability relies upon the maintenance of the renewable resource base,and the use of non renewable resource rents to support the development of other factor.>of production; (b) social sustainability is based upon the principles of inclusiveness, mutual understanding and consensus; and (c) ecological sustainability relies upon the avoidance of irreversible environmental impacts such as the loss of biodiversity,accumulation of persistent pollutants,or disruption of ecological cycles.