Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · China · 2024
China is building a mega dam in Tibet, upstream of India and Bangladesh
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
China is building a large dam in Tibet, upstream of India and Bangladesh, Radio Free Asia reported. The sources reviewed do not describe its effect on rivers or wildlife.
What?
China is building a mega dam in Tibet, upstream of India and Bangladesh. Radio Free Asia
Where?
Tibet, China, upstream of India and Bangladesh. Radio Free Asia
When?
Reported in December 2024. Radio Free Asia
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Construction of a mega dam in Tibet; the sources reviewed do not describe its design. Radio Free Asia
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Radio Free Asia reported in December 2024 that China is building a mega dam in Tibet, upstream of India and Bangladesh.
The report describes construction as under way.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the dam's capacity, cost, timetable or environmental impact.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gains from the dam or who bears its costs.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
- Mega dam in TibetRadio Free Asia · 2024-12
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