Evaluation of the environmental impact assessment eia of chinese eia in myanmar. However only safe and sustainable chinese investments will bring benefits and restore mutual confidence. Rangoon the commission tasked with evaluating hydropower projects on burmas irrawaddy river has submitted its first assessment report to president u htin kyaw on fridaymeeting its projected deadline, a member of the commission told the irrawaddy. China may shelve controversial myitsone dam in exchange for. For many years, the chinese company china power investment corporation cpi has been trying to complete the construction of the myitsone dam, a large hydroelectric power development project located at what is known as the myitsone confluence of the mali and nmai rivers and is the source of the irrawaddy river. Chinas dam problem with myanmar by brahma chellaney. Cardinal charles bo of yangon, myanmar, issues a statement april 15, 2019, expressing his heartened response by stakeholders to the concerns raised about the myitsone dam project on the. Aug 14, 2019 yangonopposition to the controversial chinesebacked myitsone dam was politically victimized by some forces backed by foreign countries in an effort to derail myanmars democratic reform process and hinder chinamyanmar relations, the outgoing chinese ambassador to myanmar said. The dam is one of eight new hydroelectric power developments in processwith all affecting indigenous and conservation areas. Just a few months before 2012 byelections, a group of concerned citizens worried about the fate of myitsone gathered together at a location overlooking the confluence of three rivers in myitkyina, kachin state. The nexus between hydropower dams, social policy and corporate social responsibility csr is a currently understudied topic. A new government took power in myanmar on march 31, 2016, led in practice, if not on paper, by daw aung san suu kyi. The seven dams combined total design installed capacity is 20,000 mw of electricity. China said on wednesday it will continue to talk to myanmar about a controversial stalled dam project, after myanmars new energy minister cast doubt over the scheme.
A controversial chinafunded dam project in myanmar must be stopped, said cardinal charles maung bo of yangon, noting that the affected river is the countrys most sacred symbol. Impact of hydroelectric development of the upper reaches. The dam is also located in a region that is recognized as one of the worlds top. China may scrap divisive dam in myanmar to advance other. Impact of hydroelectric development of the upper reaches of. Myanmarchina relations, strained by the myitsone event, have avoided the worst situation. The myitsone dam resonated well beyond the conservationist or kachin communities because of. Windows often associates a default program to each file extension, so that when you doubleclick the file, the program launches automatically. The brn is encouraged by news that president thein sein plans to stop the construction of the irrawaddy myitsone dam, but urges the people of burma to. The burma rivers network brn made the following statement on that date. An ethnic kachin fisherman hauling his net in the irrawaddy river, near the planned myitsone dam in myitkyina, myanmar. Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes. The myitsone dam is the largest of the seven large dams currently planned on the mali, nmai, and irawaddy rivers. File extensions tell you what type of file it is, and tell windows what programs can open it.
It was expected to produce 6000 mw of power for export to china, and was the first in a series of seven chinese dams planned on the irrawaddy and its tributaries. Adobe acrobat 8 for microsoft systems management server 4. Jan 25, 2018 in the wake of the suspension of the myitsone hydropower dam, myanmar has the opportunity to pursue new ways of planning and delivering energy to power its growing economy while keeping its rivers. We conducted a softwareassisted, manual content analysis of the data. Burmese villagers exiled from ancestral home as fate of dam. This should be welcome news for overseas purchasers, as well as the many people who have asked for the book in electronic continue reading the dam book now available in pdf. Mar 04, 2014 myitsone dam project, at the headwaters of the irrawaddy, is caught in tug of war between the state and a chinese corporation. A chinesebacked dam project leaves myanmar in a bind the.
Cardinal bo condemns proposal to restart myitsone dam. Apr 06, 2017 the myitsone dam was supposed to send 90 percent of its electricity to chinas neighboring yunnan province, angering many in electricitystarved myanmar. It may be read, copied and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of. This paper aims to fill parts of this gap by discussing the nexus between national social policy and csr in relation to the worlds largest builder and operator of hydropower dams, chinese state. There is the view that president thein sein is presenting. Aug 12, 2016 new commission to decide fate of myitsone dam in kachin state president htin kyaw forms a new commission to evaluate all proposed hydropower projects on the irrawaddy river prior to their going ahead. Evaluation of the environmental impact assessment eia of.
Apr 05, 2017 china may scrap divisive dam in myanmar to advance other interests. And it didnt help matters that the myitsone dam site is situated just 100 kilometers from a major earthquake fault line. Read china power investments interview on the suspension chinese. Liohs statement on nationwide movement calling to abolish. Foreign minister yang jiechi of china and his counterpart from myanmar, u wunna maung lwin, agreed to properly settle matters after myanmar suspended construction of the myitsone. The myitsone dam ejolt fact sheet in the irrawady river. Myitsone dam would wash away the whole of myitkyi na town, capital of kachin state, and its 300,000 residents. In reality, the myitsone dam is not such a big issue for china, in the view of myanmar analyst tom kramer, yangon coordinator for the transnational institute based in amsterdam. This is the same version published by oreilly in 2009, with a new cover. Analysis of the current runoff of irrawaddy river basin2. Campaigners fight against the myitsone dam mekong eye. Impact of hydroelectric development of the upper reaches of irrawaddy river on the lower reaches by ma jianwei, china institute of water resource and hydro power research at world water day 2018, nay pyi taw, myanmarthe main works are. Jul 18, 2016 campaigners fight against the myitsone dam. China faces tougher laws in myanmar china dialogue.
The construction of the myitsone dam along the irrawaddy river in myanmar has caused protests and conflict between rebel groups and government forces. A file extension is the set of three or four characters at the end of a filename. The china power investment corporation is project manager of the confluence region hydropower projects. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the myitsone dam article. Wait and see for myitsone dams future the myanmar times. The myitsone dam project the dam was to provide about 6,000 mw of power comparable but smaller. Myanmar suspends controversial myitsone dam reuters. By rachel harvey bbc south east asia correspondent. Mar 31, 2017 a chinesebacked dam project leaves myanmar in a bind.
The chinese owned dam has acted as a fault line between ethnic minorities and burmese officials, whilst also straining sinoburmese relationships. Since these observers further situate the myitsone issue into a. The irrawaddy myitsone dam project burma campaign uk. A graffiti is seen on a stone at the confluence of the mali and nmai river at myitsone, outside myitkyina, capital. Despite the 24 hour lifespan of this structure, innovation and. The design and construction of a dam intended to be destroyed one day after it was built is a project unlikely to ever occur again.
Myanmars myitsone dam in kachin state is a key example of this opposition. Status availability maps showing where data is available or date of data theme maps. The controversial myitsone dam project in myanmars kachin state has been suspended for over two years now and stopwork costs, amounting to millions of. Pdf on apr 1, 2019, peng nian and others published myanmars myitsone dam project still a deadlock find, read and cite all the research.
The dam s reservoir will submerge important historical and cultural sites at the mali and nmai hka rivers, as well as what is widely recognized as the birthplace of burma. In his paper titled china ostensibly cancels myitsone dam project in myanmar in favour of access to kyaukpyu port caleb gorton, research assistant, the global food and water crises programme, writes that beijing gains preferential access to kyaukpyu port, but until the future of the myitsone dam project is. Sep 30, 2011 the myitsone dam resonated well beyond the conservationist or kachin communities because of its location, at the birthplace of the irrawaddy. The case of myanmars myitsone dam the myitsone dam project, currently suspended, is developed by china power. Sep 19, 2011 myitsone dam construction to continue.
The myitsone dam is a large dam and hydroelectric power development project which was. While the kio is by no means antidam, and was once keen to work with china on hydropower, it has never been in favour of the myitsone project. China ostensibly cancels myitsone dam project in myanmar in. Beijing pressuring myanmar to restart myitsone dam construction.
As with other large dam projects, the myitsone dam construction would alter the hydrological characteristics of the river and prevent sediment from enriching the historically highly productive agricultural floodplains downstream. The journal of current southeast asian affairs is an open access publication. Jul 08, 20 as of today, you can now purchase the dam book, 2nd edition as a pdf file for digital download. The grim prospect of millions of farmers losing their livelihood, the abuse of sacred sites. Our argument is summarized in the final section of this paper. The majority of those interviewed view the suspension as a symbolic gesture. Myitsone dam is the death sentence to the people of myanmar. Social innovation and chinese overseas hydropower dams. Myanmar, earlier known as burma, is on the cusp of a transitiona process that has to pass through formidable challenges and whose outcome is still quite uncertain. The myitsone dam is located a mile below the confluence of the mali and nmai rivers in. Liohs statement on nationwide movement calling to abolish myitsone dam project 1 april 2019 all of the large dam projects built in myanmar. Aung san suu kyi has created a special commission to evaluate the controversial myitsone dam image by sean ryan. Mar 31, 2016 what myanmar should do about the myitsone dam.
Pdf burma rivers network response to china power investment corporation comments on myitsone dam. This can affect fertility as far downstream as the irrawaddy delta, the major rice producing area of myanmar. Myanmar puts beijingbacked hydropower dam into limbo. New commission to decide fate of myitsone dam in kachin state. Chinas ambassador to myanmar said that any further delays to the myitsone dam project could hamper bilateral relations. The myitsone issue is an opportunity to set the tone with regards to chinese and other foreign direct investment, an opportunity. China and myanmar to settle on myitsone dam the new. The following tip outlines a sample javascript one for pdfs created with acrobat form tools, and one for pdfs created with adobe livecycle designer to determine current version. China faces backlash as it seeks to rekindle myanmar dam.
The myitsone dam in kachin state is a key example of this opposition against dam projects. The myitsone dam decision in burma human rights watch. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. As the file loads, this will ensure that the file is compatible with the version of acrobat. Northern burma is earthquakeprone, and the irrawaddy myitsone dam site is less than 100. It may be read, copied and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of the creative commons attributionno derivative works 3. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. We focus on the case of myitsone dam in myanmars northernmost kachin state named after the areas. Myanmar cardinal says chinafunded dam project must be stopped. Apr 21, 2017 caleb gorton, research assistant future directions international 12 april 2017. The massive myitsone dam, if completed, would be one of the largest hydropower plants in the world, but has faced fierce opposition from local. The myitsone dam is located a mile below the confluence of the mali and nmai rivers in kachin state, the source of the irrawaddy river. As china steps up the pressure for a resumption of work on the controversial myitsone dam, myanmar is told it faces three options over the projects future.
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