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1. Hydropower Development and the Neglect of Inland Capture Fisheries from a Food Systems Perspective.

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Friend, Richard M., Arthur, Robert I., Brugere, Cecile, Cowx, Ian G., Doherty, Bob, Mak, Sithirith, Islam, Md. Monirul, Nunan, Fiona, Paavola, Jouni, Sretthachau, Chainarong, Stewart, Bryce D., Thankappan, Samarthia, and Vaddhanaphuti, Chayan

Subjects
*WATER power, *FISHERIES, *PRODUCTION losses, *FOOD security, *INVESTMENT policy, *FISHERY management, *FISHERY policy
Abstract

This paper addresses why food security implications of projected losses to inland capture fisheries due to hydropower development have been neglected in policy arenas. Drawing on the case of the Lower Mekong Basin, this paper applies a conceptual framework for analyzing this question as a case of fundamental food system change. Four inter-related axes of change – narratives, actors, institutions and resources – constitute the framework for analyzing and challenging the dynamics and values of food systems change. Despite substantial scientific evidence on the nutritional and food security significance of the fisheries, and the magnitude of negative impacts of planned hydropower development, there has been no discernible shift in hydropower investment and related policy. The lack of attention to this food production loss is due to a broader transformation in food systems, itself shaped by powerful interests and values. Addressing the neglect of fisheries requires challenging this trajectory of food system change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. Negotiating trade-offs in water resources development in the Mekong Basin: implications for fisheries and fishery-based livelihoods.

Author

Friend, Richard M. and Blake, David J. H.

Subjects
*HYDROELECTRIC power plant design & construction, *WATER power, *WATER supply, *RIVERS, *ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, *FISHERIES
Abstract

A revitalised hydropower development narrative is emerging in the Mekong in which the concept of 'trade-offs' plays a central role. The importance of and risks to capture fisheries in the Mekong is such that any degradation has huge social, economic and environmental implications. While potential impacts of hydropower development on capture fisheries are acknowledged in this emerging narrative, it is argued that these are less than anticipated previously, that impacts can be assessed, mitigation measures introduced and trade-offs negotiated. The concept of trade-offs has an immediate appeal but it is also problematic. It draws attention away from considering development objectives and options towards focusing on impacts, and infers a technical approach as opposed to a political process of decision making. This paper draws on anthropological approaches to development policy to consider the implications of a hydropower narrative based on trade-offs in light of experience in the Mekong Basin, and to consider alternative ways of framing debate on hydropower and capture fisheries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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