As part of its quest for carbon neutrality by 2060, China is planning to build the world’s biggest dam for a hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsango, or the Brahmaputra as it’s known in India. The river flows through Tibet, China, Bangladesh and India,.
But there are grave worries about the mega dam’s detrimental environmental impact, and how it might affect the downstream communities. The story of the Mekong river presents a cautionary precedent.
Since 1995, China has built 11 dams upstream of the Mekong which runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Over 60 million people depend on the river for a livelihood, and its fish biodiversity is second only to the Amazon.
However, the dams trap nutrient-rich sediment, depriving farmland and fisheries downstream. The alteration of the river’s natural flow and unusual water level fluctuations have also played havoc on the ecosystem and livelihoods of human communities.
Fish sizes and fish populations have shrunk; some species are reportedly also disappearing from the Mekong.
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