Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector

The Myanmar hydropower sector, in the early stages of development, has the opportunity to develop sustainably by balancing electricity generation with environmental and social outcomes. The country is currently following a conventional hydropower d...

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Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Yangon 2019
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HYDROPOWER RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT ENERGY DEMAND STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/621341548941588741/Strategic-Environmental-Assessment-of-the-Myanmar-Hydropower-Sector-Final-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31256

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spelling	okr-10986-312562021-05-25T09:21:32Z Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector International Finance Corporation ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HYDROPOWER RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT ENERGY DEMAND STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS The Myanmar hydropower sector, in the early stages of development, has the opportunity to develop sustainably by balancing electricity generation with environmental and social outcomes. The country is currently following a conventional hydropower development process, with individual projects identified and approved without due consideration of the overall cumulative impacts that multiple projects and other pressures have on the river basin. In many countries this process has resulted in most major rivers and tributaries suitable for hydropower being developed, regulating these watercourses for 50-100 years and beyond. Significant cumulative impacts on basin health and related ecosystem services have resulted, with minimal opportunity available to lessen these impacts. This Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Myanmar hydropower sector considers environmental and social values at the river basin level, recommending an approach to achieve sustainable hydropower development. The SEA recommends moving the initial planning focus away from individual projects to basin health to plan a sustainable sector development. 2019-02-08T21:10:14Z 2019-02-08T21:10:14Z 2018 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/621341548941588741/Strategic-Environmental-Assessment-of-the-Myanmar-Hydropower-Sector-Final-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31256 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation World Bank, Yangon Economic & Sector Work :: Strategic Environmental Assessment/Analysis Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Myanmar
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description	The Myanmar hydropower sector, in the early stages of development, has the opportunity to develop sustainably by balancing electricity generation with environmental and social outcomes. The country is currently following a conventional hydropower development process, with individual projects identified and approved without due consideration of the overall cumulative impacts that multiple projects and other pressures have on the river basin. In many countries this process has resulted in most major rivers and tributaries suitable for hydropower being developed, regulating these watercourses for 50-100 years and beyond. Significant cumulative impacts on basin health and related ecosystem services have resulted, with minimal opportunity available to lessen these impacts. This Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Myanmar hydropower sector considers environmental and social values at the river basin level, recommending an approach to achieve sustainable hydropower development. The SEA recommends moving the initial planning focus away from individual projects to basin health to plan a sustainable sector development.
format	Report
author	International Finance Corporation
author_facet	International Finance Corporation
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title	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector
title_short	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector
title_full	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector
title_fullStr	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector
title_full_unstemmed	Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector
title_sort	strategic environmental assessment of the myanmar hydropower sector
publisher	World Bank, Yangon
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/621341548941588741/Strategic-Environmental-Assessment-of-the-Myanmar-Hydropower-Sector-Final-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31256
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Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Myanmar Hydropower Sector

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