Let It Flow: Implementation of Environmental Flows In Dutch Water Management: Identifying challenges and opportunities

In order to find the possibilities of implementation of e-flows in Dutch water management, it is necessary to first explore the current role of e-flows in projects, plans and policies. Data collection is primarily done through interviews. In addition to this, analysis of policy documents is used as a method of data collection. The collected...

A comment on Chinese policies to avoid negative impacts on river ecosystems by hydropower projects

The rapid economic development of river basins depends on the excessive use of water resources. China experienced a rapid development of hydropower projects in the last two decades and thus faces many ecological and environmental issues, especially in ecologically sensitive areas. Environmental flow is an important management tool that...

Silenced Rivers: Modelling and assessing the impacts of large-scale hydropower projects on the ecohydrology of the Myitnge and Myittha rivers in Myanmar

Hydrological modifications to the natural flow regime through the regulation of a river threaten the integrity of river ecosystems. In Myanmar, the exponentially growing hydropower sector poses a threat to the ecohydrology of some of the last large free-flowing rivers in the world. This study investigates to what extent the natural flow regime...