THE IMPACT OF HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT ON WATERSHED ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS LEGAL REGULATION IN CHINA  

作　　者：Yan Hai Zhu Shaobing 闫海;朱少兵

机构地区：[1]Law School of Liaoning University

出　　处：《盛京法律评论》2024年第1期253-278,共26页Shengjing Law Review

摘　　要：Hydropower,an immaculate carbon-neutral source of renewable energy,ranks as China's third largest energy sector.The hydropower development presents both positive and negative environmental externalities.The exploitation of water resources yields adverse implications on the hydrological environment,aquatic ecology,terrestrial ecology,and local climate fluctuations.The transformation of the river basin water environment reflects not merely the direct impact and environmental degradation ensuing from hydropower exploitation,but also the environmental precipitators and triggers of aquatic ecological imbalance,terrestrial ecological destruction,and local climate alterations.China's prevailing constitution and fundamental laws anchor a legal bedrock for China's economic progression and ecological preservation,culminating in a nascent water legal standard system underpinned by the“four water laws”.Guided by the legislative rationale of comprehensive watershed management,watershed laws such as the Yangtze River Protection Law and the Yellow River Protection Law orchestrate the design and cooperative governance of paramount rivers like the Yellow River and the Yangtze River,infusing the essence of judicious laws and chartering pathways for prudent governance geared towards watershed conservation.The formulation of critical legislation to protect the environmental integrity of key river basins that are undergoing hydropower development,the enhancement of the environmental impact assessment infrastructure for hydropower development,and the scientific orchestration of river basin ecological flow arrangements and river basin ecological environment partition control systems all serve to circumvent and respond to the impacts on the ecological environment in river basins,thereby offering robust legal fortification for the ecological environment in river basins.

关 键 词：Exploitation of Hydroelectric Resources Ecological Milieu of Basins Legal Codification Pertaining to Basins Comprehensive Management of Basins Basin Environmental Evaluation Framework 

分 类 号：D922.6[政治法律—环境与资源保护法学] TV72[政治法律—法学] X82[水利工程—水利水电工程]