Water grabbing in the Mekong basin

  • ສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ ແລະ ຊັບພະຍາກອນທຳມະຊາດ
  • Environmental and biodiversity protection
  • Legal framework
  • Water rights

This paper uses a political ecology approach to examine how state and private actors in Thailand and Laos mobilise power to control the benefits from hydropower while the social and environmental impacts are largely ignored, thereby constituting water grabbing. The authors argues that the structure and politics of the Thai electricity sector, private sector and civil society are driving Thailand’s hydropower investment in Laos. Thai investments are enabled by Laos' low capacity to enforce laws and regulate development. These enabling factors combine with economic-focused regional development to create opportunities for water grabbing. The winners are the powerful actors who control the benefits, while the losers are local livelihoods and the environment.

CC-BY-4.0

ແຫຼ່ງທີ່ມາ

URL

Water grabbing in the Mekong basin

This paper uses a political ecology approach to examine how state and private actors in Thailand and Lao mobilise power to control the benefits from hydropower while the social and environmental impacts are largely ignored, thereby constituting water grabbing. The authors argues that the structure and politics of the Thai electricity sector, private sector and civil society are driving Thailand’s hydropower investment in Lao. Thai investments are enabled by Lao’s low capacity to enforce laws and regulate development. These enabling factors combine with economic-focused regional development to create opportunities for water grabbing. The winners are the powerful actors who control the benefits, while the losers are local livelihoods and the environment.

 ດາວໂຫຼດ

Metadata

ປະເພດເອກະສານ

ບົດລາຍງານ, ບົດຄວາມວາລະສານ ແລະ ເອກະສານຄົ້ນຄວ້າ (ລວມທັງບົດວິທະຍານິພົນ)

ວັນທີຕີພິມ

2012

ຜູ້ຕີພິມ

Water Alternatives.org

ຂໍ້ຈຳກັດໃນການເຂົ້າເຖິງ ແລະ ການນຳໃຊ້

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Sharealike License 3.0.

ລິຂະສິດ

Unclear copyright

ການອະນຸຍາດ

CC-BY-4.0

ຜູ້ຂຽນ (ບຸກຄົນ)

Matthews, Nathanial

ພາສາ

ພາສາອັງກິດ