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

World Bank Group

International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC

关键词: ENVIRONMENT;    HYDROPOWER;    BIODIVERSITY;    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;    ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This Good Practice Handbook is designedto provide guidance to practitioners on taking rigorous andconsistent approaches to assess hydropower project impactson downstream river ecosystems and people, and determinetheir Environmental Flows (EFlows) commitments. The Handbookoutlines a good practice approach for integrating EFlowsinto hydropower projects, emphasizing the selection ofcontext-appropriate EFlows Assessment methods. Its structurefollows the main steps of this approach: 1. Understand thecontext of river functioning and the provision of ecosystemvalues and services into which EFlows will be introduced(Section 2); 2. Understand the potential downstream impactsassociated with hydropower development (Section 3) and howthese can be mitigated (Section 4); 3. Align ESIA and EFlowsAssessments and ensure data sharing and good communicationbetween the assessment teams (see Section 5); 4. Apply acontext-appropriate EFlows Assessment method (Section 6); 5.Conduct a comprehensive and appropriate stakeholderengagement program leading to a decision on EFlows and othermitigation measures based on the outcome of the assessment(Sections 7 and 8); and 6. Prepare an Environmental FlowManagement Plan (EFMP2; Section 9). It also provides thefollowing: A logframe for integrating EFlows into hydropowerplants (Section 10); and Case studies to illustrate the mainconcepts addressed in the Handbook (Section 11).