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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Mekong basin · date not stated

Four Mekong dams trap an average 81% of sediment, Reuters reports

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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.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Four dams on the Mekong retain an average of 81% of sediment, according to a 2022 Reuters/EOMAP report. The river's natural sediment flow is the nature at stake.

What?
Four Mekong dams retain an average of 81% of sediment, per a 2022 Reuters/EOMAP report. BusinessDay (Reuters / EOMAP)
Where?
Mekong River; the four dams are not named in the sources reviewed. BusinessDay (Reuters / EOMAP)
When?
2022, the report date; the dates the dams were built are not stated. BusinessDay (Reuters / EOMAP)
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
The figure is the share of sediment retained by the four dams. BusinessDay (Reuters / EOMAP)
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

A 2022 Reuters/EOMAP report found that four dams on the Mekong retain an average of 81% of sediment.

No other sediment figure for these dams appears in the sources reviewed.

    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 name the four dams, their owners or the countries they are in.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gained or lost from the dams.
    • None on record No annual sediment volume for the four dams is given in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

    1. Four dams retain 81% of sediment (summary)
      BusinessDay (Reuters / EOMAP) · 2022

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