Kunlong Dam
Kunlon Dam (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a planned dam project in northern Shan State, Myanmar.[1] As of 2025, Salween River is the last undammed major river in South East Asia.[2][3]
The project was initiated by the Chinese firm Yunnan Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Co. (YMEC) and is co-financed by the Chinese state through Hydrochina Corporation. One of the conditions for the dam, whose effect is expected to be in the 1200-1400 MW range, is to transfer at least 50% of the electricity production to China.[4][5]
Construction plans have raised many concerns regarding social impact, human rights abuses and displacement.[6][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ Yen Snaing; May Kha (20 June 2014). "Govt Pushes Ahead With 3 Salween, Irrawaddy Tributary Dams". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ "The Salween explained: Asia's last great undammed river". The Bangkok Tribune. 2024-05-01. Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-09-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Eco-Business (2024-04-04). "The Salween explained: Asia's last great undammed river". Eco-Business. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
- ↑ "Rebellious river: Chinese hydropower development in an illegible landscape". Yale School of the Environment. 2016-05-16. Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-09-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "UWSA takeover of northern Tangyan paves the way for China's damming of the Salween". Shan State Frontline Investment Monitor. 2024-09-05. Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-09-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Observer Research Foundation (2022-07-04). "Dams as displacers: A heavy social cost to incur". Observer Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-09-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Govt Pushes Ahead With 3 Salween, Irrawaddy Tributary Dams". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (in français). 2014-06-20. Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-09-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Myanmar: Coup‑halted dam projects with Chinese investors could resume". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. 2025-08-27. Archived from the original on 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-09-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Roney, Tyler; Dialogue Earth (2025-06-19). "Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia's Salween River". Mongabay Environmental News. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
The Salween River, one of Asia's last free-flowing rivers, supports Indigenous communities and biodiversity across China, Myanmar and Thailand, but faces threats from at least 20 proposed hydropower dams, mainly in Myanmar.
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