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Theun - Hinboun / key documentsTheun-Hinboun: Expanding FailureInternational Rivers and BankTrack An assessment of the Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project’s compliance with Equator Principles and Lao law Related content:
Power Surge: The Impacts of Rapid Dam Development in LaosLaos ![]() Laos has declared it a national priority to catalyze the country's development through the rapid construction of large dams that export high-risk hydropower to neighboring Thailand and Vietnam. Review of Environmental Impact Assessment for Theun-Hinboun Expansion ProjectDavid Blake
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Lao Dam Cover-Up: Scientist Protests Deceptive EIA Report
The environmental scientist originally hired to conduct the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project in Laos has disassociated his group from the official report. Instead of accepting Dr. Murray Watson’s original – and highly critical – report, the Company ceased communicating with him and hired a Norwegian company, Norplan, to complete the EIA. Related content:
Media Briefing: Thai-Lao Hydropower ProjectsInternational Rivers Thursday December 13th, 10 am, Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT)
History Repeats Itself in Laos: ADB’s Flagship Hydro Project Goes AwryAviva Imhof An article by Aviva Imhof in Bankwatch, published by the NGO Forum on the ADB, examines Nam Theun 2's failings and draws parallels to other ADB-funded dams in Laos: Theun-Hinboun, Nam Song and Nam Leuk. The article also highlights the ADB's role in promoting a regional power grid and electricity trading system in the Mekong subregion. Related content:
Review of the Environmental Management Division of Theun-HInboun Power CompanyDavid Blake, Brian Carson, Nattaya Tubtim In March 2004, the Theun-Hinboun Power Company conducted a Third-Party Review of its Mitigation and Compensation Program. The review team spent a month visiting villages affected by the project and analyzing the attempts by the company to compensate for project impacts. The review team found that while the company had made "good progress", there were serious concerns over the effectiveness and long-term sustainability of its program to restore affected people's livelihoods. Related content:
The Legacy of Hydro in LaosHydropower projects developed over the past decade in Laos have left a legacy of destroyed livelihoods and damaged ecosystems. The five case studies in this paper point to the great difficulties in implementing large-scale infrastructure projects in Laos. These experiences raise fundamental questions regarding the Lao government's institutional capacity and political will to ensure that infrastructure projects are adequately monitored, that compensation is fairly and fully distributed and that environmental issues are properly addressed.
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