Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy. 2012. Presentation from Session 9: Mekong Experiences with Sustainable Hydropower Development

1. Observation from Promoting
Sustainable Hydropower Best
Practices
Wu Yusong
Coordinator for Upper Mekong
Programme
© Michel Roggo / WWF-Canon
WWF China, 14th. Nov 2012
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2. Outline
• Why WWF China works on this?
• How WWF China works on this?
• What did WWF China do?
• Findings
• Recommendation for actions
16 November 2012 - 2

3. WHY WWF CHINA WORKS ON THIS?

4. Why
• Global Water Security Initiative in WWF
International
• The key rivers/watersheds in China,
Yangtze and Lancang/Upper Mekong
• In Lancang/Upper Mekong, by 2020, the
physical integrity of rivers and adjoining
wildlife habitats in the Upper Mekong
basin are safeguarded against threats
from infrastructure development,
mining, forestry, agriculture, and climate
change.

5. Why
• One of the few organizations which
work upper and lower.
• work across borders to tackle joint
regional priorities by bringing
together key stakeholders of all the
Mekong river countries

6. HOW WWF CHINA WORKS ON THIS?

7. HOW
• Scientific based
• Research+Demonstration+Policy advocacy
• Facilitate experiences and information
sharing
• Promote communication and dialogue
• Work with multi partners
• Work at different levels
• Explore and provide constructive solutions

8. WHAT DID WWF CHINA DO?

9. Introduce international standards
16 November 2012 - 9

10. Promote Green and low impact hydropower concept
To minimize Negative Impacts of Dams and Enable People Living in Harmony with Nature.
To Minimize
Anti-dam Pro-dam Negative Impact
of Dam

11. HYDROPOWER SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL
November 2010 《水电可持续评价规范》 2010 年 11 月
Background
Assessment Tools
for Project Life
Implemen-
Early Stage Preparation Operation
Cycle Stages: tation
Significant Project Commence Award of Project
Development hydropower project construction commissioning
Decision Points: preparation contracts
www.hydropower.org

12. Rapid Basin-wide Hydorpower
Sustainability Assessment Tool
– bring basin-wise and
sub-basin
considerations into
hydropower
sustainability
assessments

13. • Introduction of
Sustainability
Assessment
Protocol to Hydro
Lancang in 2009
• Consultation
workshop for draft
version of Protocol
in December 2009
in Kunming

14. Vice President Huang Director from Yunnan Director from Asian
Research Center of International Rivers Centre
from Huaneng Economics
Participant
from TNC

15. • October 2010, participation with
Huaneng at “International
Seminar on Sustainable
Hydropower Development” in
Beijing

16. Launching Ceremony of and Workshop on
Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol

17. HSAP Assessment on Jinghong
Hydro Station

18. Jinghong Assessment Outreach Workshop

20. Nuozhadu
Assessment
16 November 2012 - 20

21. Promote dialogues

22. Lao Delegation visit to Hydro Lancang

23. Facilitate dialogue
with international
hydropower
community

24. Bridge international
community with
Chinese developers

26. Cross visit to and roundtable dialogue in Cambodia
16 November 2012 - 26

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28. Capacity building for partners

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32. OBSERVATIONS

33. • Better understanding of the issues in the entire
Mekong Region
• Solution-oriented actions
• Good practices learning and sharing, not only in
engineering, but also on environmental and
social practice
• Multi-stakeholders involvement
• Feasibility of the application of the tools
• Dialogue and communication can achieve better
cooperation
• capacity building needed

34. RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTIONS

35. • Policy dialogue at national level on
promoting green/sustainable hydropower
development
• Regional/international cooperation and
exchange on promoting best practice
• Promoting regional dialogue on water
resource management and water
governance.
• Capacity building