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Small Hydro Power: A tradeoff between local economic development (if and when it happens) and environmental Impact. Who defines the limits for the latter?



Abhinav Goyal

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Energy, Poverty, Economic Development, Electricity, Hydroelectricity, Rudraprayag (D), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Renewable Energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Himalaya, Ecosystems, Fisheries, Rivers, Freshwater Ecosystems

Bagmati River

Bagmati River

The Bagmati Action Plan is the latest attempt to heal the river system, from its origins in the Shivapuri hills to Chouva where it leaves the valley. It was launched in 2008 for the period 2009-14, and proposes a budget of close to 15 billion Nepalese rupees spread over five years (in comparison, in 2008 – 2009, the total allocated for the Bagmati and its tributaries was Rs. 1,394.24 million).

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Bagmati, Nepal, South Asia, Rivers, Water Resources
High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization
Rivers, Bagmati, Nepal, South Asia
Water Resources

Utilization of waters of the Colorado and the Tijuana rivers and of the Rio Grande: treaty between the United States of America and Mexico

Whereas treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries in Washington on February 3, 1944, and a protocol suppl

Publication Date: 
14/11/1944
United States Government Printing Office
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Water Disputes, Rivers, Colorado, United States Of America (US), Mexico, Gulf Of Mexico

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