Yet attention also needs to be paid to the Salween dams which are an unfair deal for Myanmar. Most are "battery dams" -- dams with significant electricity exports abroad, four with exports to Thailand, two to China. The information available regarding the Salween dams suggests that this is an unfair deal for Myanmar and its people. This implies that thorough environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) are carried out for each of the seven Salween dams. But this opportunity is currently not reaped via the Salween dams.

Source: Bangkok Post August 02, 2017 19:18 UTC