Making hydropower more sustainable? : a sustainability measurement approach led by the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum

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Foran, Tira, author

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The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding about the Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP). The 2009 Draft HSAP is designed to be a practical sustainability measure...

The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding about the Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP). The 2009 Draft HSAP is designed to be a practical sustainability measurement tool that will be endorsed by many stakeholders, including civil society. This paper provides an independent analysis. We compare the Draft HSAP with the World Commission on Dams decision making framework. We emphasize issues that deserve further thought and discussion ... The Forum's work has attracted both support and useful criticism from a range of actors. The purpose of this discussion paper is to increase stakeholder understanding about the Draft HSAP. We review the HSAF's approach to sustainability, and compare it against the World Commission on Dams (WCD) framework. We emphasize issues in the Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol that deserve further thought and discussion.

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