Publications related to Hydropower

Dialogue Workshop Report on Lessons Learnt from the Implementation of the Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreement (PNPCA)

This Report captures the observations made by the participants on the employing the PNPCA as a mechanism to facilitate inter-State communication and cooperation regarding planned projects which might impact on the regime of the Mekong.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg7s6 | Published on: 09 Feb 2017 | Language: English

Joint Observation and Evaluation of the Emergency Water Supplement from China to the Mekong River

The study analyses the causes of the drought in the Lancang-Mekong Basin, influence of Lancang cascade reservoirs operation on dry season volume of the Mekong River, hydrological influence of the emergency water supplement in 2016 on water level, and discharge and volume of the Mekong mainstream.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg7si | Published on: 10 Nov 2016 | Language: English

Summary of Minutes of the 44th Meeting of the MRC Joint Committee
27-28 July 2016, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg7t1 | Published on: 16 Aug 2016 | Language: English

Integrated Water Resources Management-based Basin Development Strategy 2016-2020 for the Lower Mekong Basin

The Basin Development Strategy (BDS) 2016-2020 aims to address water management and development issues through increasing regional dialogue and cooperation, strengthening basin-wide procedures and guidelines, improving water related monitoring and information management, and enhancing national plans and projects.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg7th | Published on: 05 Apr 2016 | Language: English

Strategic Plan 2016-2020

The Strategic Plan (SP) 2016-2020 sets out how for the period 2016-2020 the MRC will deliver the role established by the 1995 Mekong Agreement: to promote and coordinate sustainable development and management of the Mekong’s water and related natural resources.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg7tk | Published on: 05 Apr 2016 | Language: English

Mekong River Commission: 20 Years of Cooperation

2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Mekong Agreement on Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin. The report illustrates how the MRC has been helping its Member Countries co-manage and develop their shared water resources.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg7v0 | Published on: 13 Jan 2016 | Language: English

Hydropower Risks and Impact Mitigation Guidelines and Recommendations (Volume 1, 1st Interim Report)

The report constitutes a summary description of the overall basin and hydropower development on the Mekong. It also describes key hydropower risks, impacts and vulnerabilities and international practice policy and safeguards for mitigating hydropower risks and impacts.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg81g | Published on: 31 Dec 2015 | Language: English

Hydropower Risks and Impact Mitigation Manual (Volume 2, 1st Interim Report)

The manual constitutes a summary description of the overall basin and hydropower development on the Mekong. It also describes key hydropower risks, impacts and vulnerabilities and international practice policy and safeguards for mitigating hydropower risks and impacts.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg81k | Published on: 31 Dec 2015 | Language: English

Case Study on Development of Hydropower Risks and Impact Mitigation Guidelines and Recommendations (Volume 3, 1st Interim Report)

This volume 3 of the 1st interim report is a stand alone document from Volume 1 and 2 as it constitutes scoping of the Case Study of the mainstream cascade to be undertaken in the 2nd interim phase.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg81o | Published on: 31 Dec 2015 | Language: English

Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower and Multi-Purpose Project Portfolios: Final

The Guidelines propose a portfolio planning process with associated tools for valuation and evaluation of hydropower and multipurpose dam project portfolios. The objective is to assist the Member Countries in their basin planning and energy/hydropower planning frameworks.

Download | DOI: 10.52107/mrc.ajg81u | Published on: 02 Nov 2015 | Language: English

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