Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets

This Good Practice Handbook is designed to provide guidance to practitioners on taking rigorous and consistent approaches to assess hydropower project impacts on downstream river ecosystems and people, and determine their Environmental Flows (EFlow...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Handbook
Language:	English
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENT HYDROPOWER BIODIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT RIVER ECOSYSTEM WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION REVENTAZÓN GULPUR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/372731520945251027/Environmental-flows-for-hydropower-projects-guidance-for-the-private-sector-in-emerging-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29541

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spelling	okr-10986-295412021-05-25T09:12:44Z Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets World Bank Group ENVIRONMENT HYDROPOWER BIODIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT RIVER ECOSYSTEM WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION REVENTAZÓN GULPUR This Good Practice Handbook is designed to provide guidance to practitioners on taking rigorous and consistent approaches to assess hydropower project impacts on downstream river ecosystems and people, and determine their Environmental Flows (EFlows) commitments. The Handbook outlines a good practice approach for integrating EFlows into hydropower projects, emphasizing the selection of context-appropriate EFlows Assessment methods. Its structure follows the main steps of this approach: 1. Understand the context of river functioning and the provision of ecosystem values and services into which EFlows will be introduced (Section 2); 2. Understand the potential downstream impacts associated with hydropower development (Section 3) and how these can be mitigated (Section 4); 3. Align ESIA and EFlows Assessments and ensure data sharing and good communication between the assessment teams (see Section 5); 4. Apply a context-appropriate EFlows Assessment method (Section 6); 5. Conduct a comprehensive and appropriate stakeholder engagement program leading to a decision on EFlows and other mitigation measures based on the outcome of the assessment (Sections 7 and 8); and 6. Prepare an Environmental Flow Management Plan (EFMP2; Section 9). It also provides the following: A logframe for integrating EFlows into hydropower plants (Section 10); and Case studies to illustrate the main concepts addressed in the Handbook (Section 11). 2018-03-29T18:16:36Z 2018-03-29T18:16:36Z 2018-02 Handbook http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/372731520945251027/Environmental-flows-for-hydropower-projects-guidance-for-the-private-sector-in-emerging-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29541 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Costa Rica Pakistan
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topic	ENVIRONMENT HYDROPOWER BIODIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT RIVER ECOSYSTEM WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION REVENTAZÓN GULPUR
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description	This Good Practice Handbook is designed to provide guidance to practitioners on taking rigorous and consistent approaches to assess hydropower project impacts on downstream river ecosystems and people, and determine their Environmental Flows (EFlows) commitments. The Handbook outlines a good practice approach for integrating EFlows into hydropower projects, emphasizing the selection of context-appropriate EFlows Assessment methods. Its structure follows the main steps of this approach: 1. Understand the context of river functioning and the provision of ecosystem values and services into which EFlows will be introduced (Section 2); 2. Understand the potential downstream impacts associated with hydropower development (Section 3) and how these can be mitigated (Section 4); 3. Align ESIA and EFlows Assessments and ensure data sharing and good communication between the assessment teams (see Section 5); 4. Apply a context-appropriate EFlows Assessment method (Section 6); 5. Conduct a comprehensive and appropriate stakeholder engagement program leading to a decision on EFlows and other mitigation measures based on the outcome of the assessment (Sections 7 and 8); and 6. Prepare an Environmental Flow Management Plan (EFMP2; Section 9). It also provides the following: A logframe for integrating EFlows into hydropower plants (Section 10); and Case studies to illustrate the main concepts addressed in the Handbook (Section 11).
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author	World Bank Group
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title	Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets
title_short	Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets
title_full	Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets
title_fullStr	Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets
title_sort	environmental flows for hydropower projects : guidance for the private sector in emerging markets
publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/372731520945251027/Environmental-flows-for-hydropower-projects-guidance-for-the-private-sector-in-emerging-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29541
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Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets

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