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Environmental Criteria for Hydropower in the Mekong Region - WWF

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The Current Status of <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Criteria</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Hydropower</strong> Development <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mekong</strong> <strong>Region</strong>: A litterature compilation<br />

Abbreviations and Acronyms<br />

ADB Asian Development Bank<br />

ASEAN Association of Sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asian Nations<br />

BCI biodiversity corridors conservation <strong>in</strong>itiative<br />

BDP Bas<strong>in</strong> Development Plan, MRC<br />

BDP2 Bas<strong>in</strong> Development Plan, Phase 2<br />

BOT build-operate-transfer<br />

CBA cost-benefit analysis<br />

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity<br />

CBO community based organization<br />

CCGT comb<strong>in</strong>ed cycle gas turb<strong>in</strong>es<br />

CEA country environmental analysis<br />

CEP core environment program<br />

CIA cumulative impact assessment<br />

DPP Dams and Development Programme, UNEP<br />

DPSIR drivers-pressures-state-impacts-responses<br />

DSM demand-side measures<br />

EAC Electricity Authority of Cambodia<br />

EAWAG Swiss Federal Institute <strong>for</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> Science and Technology<br />

EdC Electricité du Camboge<br />

EdL Electricity du Laos<br />

EFA environmental flows assessment<br />

EGAT Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand<br />

EIA environmental impact assessment<br />

EMP environmental management plan<br />

EMS environmental management system<br />

EOC Environment Operations Center<br />

ERAV Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam<br />

EVN Electricity of Viet Nam<br />

EWEC east west economic corridor<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

GEF Global Environment Facility<br />

GHG greenhouse gases<br />

GIS geographic <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation system<br />

GMS Greater <strong>Mekong</strong> Subregion<br />

GT gas turb<strong>in</strong>e<br />

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