Lancang-Mekong Collaboration Mechanism: Opportunities and Challenges for Transboundary Water Governance in the Mekong Region Session 7 2016 Greater Mekong Forum Bangkok, Thailand, November 9th, 2016
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Lancang-MekongCollaborationMechanism:OpportunitiesandChallengesfor
TransboundaryWaterGovernanceintheMekongRegion
Session72016GreaterMekongForum
Bangkok,Thailand,November9th,2016
MK22:BalancingRiverHealthandHydropowerRequirementsintheLancangRiverBasin
ConceptofRiverHealth
MK22:BalancingRiverHealthandHydropowerRequirementsintheLancangRiverBasin
River health
Ecological
Physical and chemical
hydr
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conn
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sedi
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orph
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wat
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fish
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ripar
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Social
flood
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navi
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elec
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wat
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IndicatorsofRiverHealthAssessment
MK22:BalancingRiverHealthandHydropowerRequirementsintheLancangRiverBasin
Scoringmethodsofriverhealth:critical,poor,fair,good,andverygood.
Hydrology
Connectivity
Sediment and rivermorphology
Water Quality
Fish Community
Riparian vegetationFlood
Water Supply
Navigation
Electricity
Recreation
RiverHealthAssessment
MK22:BalancingRiverHealthandHydropowerRequirementsintheLancangRiverBasin
Impactsofhydropoweronriverhealth
Impactofhydropowerproject:significantnegative,moderatenegative,unlikely,moderatepositive,significantpositive
Before-AfterControl-Impact(BACI)
MK22:BalancingRiverHealthandHydropowerRequirementsintheLancangRiverBasin
StateandImpactAssessmentMatrix
(1) Quadrant Ⅰ: river health is good with positive impacts of hydropower (2) Quadrant Ⅱ: river health is good although with negative impacts of hydropower (3) Quadrant Ⅲ: river health is poor with positive impacts of hydropower (4) Quadrant Ⅳ: river health is poor although with negative impacts of hydropower
Specific indicator Specific project
MK22:BalancingRiverHealthandHydropowerRequirementsintheLancangRiverBasin
ProjectOutcomes
� Improveknowledge,skillsandpracticesofhydropowerenvironmentalinitiativesontheLancangRiverwithrespecttoriverhealth.
� StrengthendialogandcommunicationontransboundaryeffectsofhydropowerprojectsontheLancangRiver.
� Enhanceinvolvementofwomeninriverhealthassessmentandincreasegovernmentattentiontogenderissues.
� ImproveknowledgeandskillsofenvironmentalprotectionofhydropowerdevelopersandregulatorsinLaos.
� ImproveknowledgeandskillsofgraduatestudentsintheAsianInternationalRiverCenterofYunnanUniversityinriverheathassessmentandtransboundaryenvironmentaleffectsstudy.
LeadOrganization:EcofishResearchLtd.,CanadaConsortiumpartners:AsianInternationalRiversCenter(AIRC),YunnanUniversity,ChinaFacultyofAgriculture(FOA),NationalUniversityofLaos
SessionBackground
o InitiatedbyThailandin2012andChinaexploredpossibilitiestohaveitin2014.
o Foreignminister’smeetingofsixcountriesinJinghongin2015.
o FirstLancang-MekongCooperationLeaders'MeetingofsixcountriesinSanyain2016
� “Baby”ofthesixcountries:thefirstsub-regionalcooperationmechanisminitiatedbythesixcountrieslocatedalongtheLancang-MekongRiver.
� Threepillars:politicalandsecurityissues,economicaffairsandsustainabledevelopment,andsocialaffairsandpeople-to-peopleexchanges.
SessionBackground
Fivedirectionswithpriorityo Connectivityo Productioncapacityo Trans-bordereconomyo Waterresourceso Agricultureandpovertyreduction.
o Waterresourcescollaborationisexpectedtobebuiltintoaflagship.(MinisterWangYi)
o Collaborationareas:hydropowerdevelopment,waterresourcescollaborationcenterandenvironmentcollaborationcenter,riverdatasharing,andecologicalconservation.(MinistryofForeignAffairs)
o WaterResourcesCollaborationCenteratYangtzeRiverCommissioninWuhan.
Waterresourcescollaboration
EngageparticipantsinadiscussionabouttheLMCMandcollectmanydiverseviewpointsonwhatitwillmakepossiblefortheregionandthechallengesitislikelytoencounter.
Purposesofthesession
Wewanttoexplore� ImplicationsoftheLMCMtotransboundarywatergovernanceintheMekongregion
� Potentialopportunities� Possiblechallenges� Recommendations
Agendao Welcome&Introductiono PerspectivesSharing
ChinesePerspectiveInternationalPerspectiveLocal&RegionalPerspective
o PlenaryDiscussiono GenerateIdeas&Closing
Presenters� Prof.DamingHe,AsianInternationalRiversCenter,YunnanUniversity,China
� Ms.CourtneyWeatherby,ResearchAssociate,StimsonCenter,US
� Dr.AnoulakKittikhoun,ChiefStrategyandPartnershipOfficer,MRC
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