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Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin

បោះពុម្ពផ្សាយដោយ៖ Open Development Mekong

The Mekong River Basin, site of the biggest inland fishery in the world, is undergoing massive hydropower development. Planned dams will block critical fish migration routes between the river's downstream floodplains and upstream tributaries. Here we estimate fish biomass and biodiversity losses in numerous damming scenarios using a simple ecological model of fish migration. Our framework allows detailing trade-offs between dam locations, power production, and impacts on fish resources. We find that the completion of 78 dams on tributaries, which have not previously been subject to strategic analysis, would have catastrophic impacts on fish productivity and biodiversity. Our results argue for reassessment of several dams planned, and call for a new regional agreement on tributary development of the Mekong River Basin.

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មើល​ធនធានទិន្នន័យ - Trading-off fish biodiversity, food security, and hydropower in the Mekong River Basin

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ប្រភេទឯកសារ Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ភាសារបស់ឯកសារ
  • ភាសាអង់គ្លេស
ប្រធានបទ
  • Biodiversity
  • Fisheries production
  • Food security
  • Hydropower dams
តំបន់ភូមិសាស្រ្ត (ការលាតសន្ធឹងក្នុងលំហ)
  • កម្ពុជា
  • ចិន
  • ឡាវ
  • មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា
  • ថៃ
  • វៀតណាម
សិទ្ធិ To be determined
កំណែ/បោះពុម្ពលើកទី Reviewed Nov. 2011
អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ CC-BY-4.0
ទំនាក់ទំនង

guyziv@stanford.edu or irodrigu@princeton.edu

អ្នកនិពន្ធ (ជាស្ថាប័ន) Princeton University
សហនិពន្ធ (ជាស្ថាប័ន) WoldFish Center
កាលបរិច្ឆេទបោះពុម្ព 2012
ពាក្យគន្លឹះ Hydropower
កាលបរិច្ឆេទផ្ទុកឡើង សីហា 24, 2016, 00:17 (UTC)
កាលបរិច្ឆេទកែប្រែ កក្កដា 17, 2024, 08:13 (UTC)