Environmental Criteria for Hydropower in the Mekong Region - WWF

The Current Status of Environmental Criteria for Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region: A litterature compilation
3.3 Experience in developing environmental criteria for hydropower in non-GMS
countries....................................................................................................................................97
3.3.1 Bhutan ................................................................................................................97
3.3.2 Switzerland...................................................................................................... 101
3.4.1 Certification schemes .................................................................................... 105
3.4.2 International Energy Agency (IEA)............................................................ 106
3.4.3 Institute of Low Impact Hydropower ........................................................ 110
3.4.4 International Hydropower Association Sustainability Guidelines......... 114
3.4.5 Power Scorecard ............................................................................................ 132
3.5 Selection of Suitable Environmental Criteria...................................................... 133
3.5.1 Comparison of existing criteria.................................................................... 133
3.5.2 Future application of environmental criteria in hydropower development .
.......................................................................................................................... 135
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................... 139
ANNEXES................................................................................................................................ 146
Annex 1. Hydropower Inventory ................................................................................. 146
List of Tables
1. Current status of achievement of WSSD targets on IWRM. ................................ 19
2. Summary of national coordination arrangements
in water resources management ................................................................................ 20
3. Generation Supply Mix in the GMS........................................................................... 30
4. Electricity Use and Socio-economic Indicators in the GMS .................................. 32
5. Illustrative Parameters of Hydropower Projects in GMS Countries ..................... 41
6. Summary of Stakeholder Matrix.................................................................................. 56
7. Key National Environmental Laws, Policies and Plans in GMS
Countries......................................................................................................................... 71
8. Current Status of SEA Systems in GMS Countries ................................................. 76
9. Example Matrix of Strategic Issues ............................................................................ 83
10. Classification of Hydropower Projects Based on Biodiversity
Value and Significance of Impacts.............................................................................. 85
11. Formulation of Safeguard and Mitigation Measures................................................ 95
12. Environmental Guidelines for Hydropower Projects in Bhutan ........................... 96
13. Framework of Criteria for Green Hydropower in Switzerland.............................. 99
14. Certification Schemes for Hydropower Projects....................................................103
15. IHA Sustainability Guidelines ...................................................................................112
16. Comparison of Environmental Criteria Reviewed .................................................132
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