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Protecting Rivers and Rights: The World Commission on Dams Recommendations in Action
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011
The briefing kit highlights key examples of policies, regulations and laws that reflect these WCD recommendations and references specific projects that demonstrate them in action. [IRN brief]. URL: [http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/WCDbriefingkit_0.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002283
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Foretelling the Mekong: Key Findings of the MRC’s Strategic Environmental Assessment on Mekong Mainstream Dams
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011
With 11 large hydropower dams proposed to block the Lower Mekong River’s mainstream, the future of the river lies at … a crossroads. To inform decision-making, in October 2010, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) published a Strategic … economies. As these dams threaten to irreversibly undermine the ecology of the Mekong River and will place at risk the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002311
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Mekong Mainstream Dams: Threatening Southeast Asia's Food Security
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2010
The Mekong is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand are considering plans to build eleven big … hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671528
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Feeding Southeast Asia: Mekong River Fisheries and Regional Food Security
Peterson, Brooke; Middleton, Carl - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper reviews the available literature that links regional food security to the Mekong River’s wild capture … on the proposed Mekong mainstream dams, it explores how decision-making on large water infrastructure should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492226
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The Impact of Infrastructure on Agricultural Productivity
Llanto, Gilberto M - eSocialSciences - 2012
This paper provides an empirical basis for the perceived link between rural infrastructure and agricultural productivity. It validates the hypothesis that deficiencies in rural infrastructure e.g., transportation, energy, and related infrastructure have an adverse impact on agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550441
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The Nature of Rural Infrastructure: Problems and Prospects
Mitra, Siddhartha; Bery, Suman; B, Gupta D; Krishna, Reeta - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper looks at rural infrastructure facilities in India, the lack of which is demonstrated to be an impediment to sustained economic development. It is argued that problems of rural infrastructure provision are different from those of the urban, given the smaller size, density and per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543097
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Climate Change, Submergence and Rice Yield: Evidence from Coastal Barisal, Bangladesh
Haque, Afsana; Jahan, Sarwar - eSocialSciences - 2013
In this paper, the effects of submergence due to heavy rainfall and river over-flow on rice production in the coastal Barisal region of Bangladesh is investigated. The study plots level data to compare rice yields of cultivars in high and low submergence prone areas and to analyze variation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133236
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The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Prduction in Nepal
Karn, Prakash K. - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper examines the sensitivity of rice yield in Nepal to changes in climate variables and the magnitude of potential impacts on rice productivity in the future. The findings draw attention to the differential impacts on rice yield depending on which stage of rice development is affected
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945503
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Agrofuels – A Boost of Energy for the Mekong Region?
Leonard, Rebeca - eSocialSciences - 2011
, particularly liquid fuels for transport, in the Mekong region. The area of focus comprises the countries of the Mekong River Basin …, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The varied political, economic, and social contexts of this region make it difficult to present …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319309
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Failed Mechanism: How the CDM is Subsidizing Hydro Developers and Harming the Kyoto Protocol
Haya, Barbara - eSocialSciences - 2012
Five years age, International Rivers started monitoring the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), concerned that funds marked for climate change mitigation would be used to encourage construction of otherwise uneconomic large hydropower projects, taking limited funds away...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652072