Abstract: To eliminate the gap of non-compliance for the Concession Agreement particularly an Annex on Environmental Obligations of the Hydropower Projects in Lao PDR, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to Lao PDR (MoNRE) has to monitor and judge on the Evaluation of the Concession Agreement’s Annex on Environmental Factors of the Hydropower Project which approved by MoNRE to Lao PDR. Hydropower Projects Environmental Factor Compliance Monitoring is not only conducted in accordance with the mandate. It is also a promotion for the Environmental Obligations Implementation via granting an award to the most environmental friendly project. AHP is used to help Expert’s Judgments on the Evaluation of the Concession Agreement’s Annex on Environmental Factors of the Hydropower Project in Lao PDR, and to rank the best environmental friendly project among 3 case studied hydropower projects in ranges from 500-1000 MW by means of 5 main environmental criteria derived from Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports as well as deriving some key indicators and parameters from approved Concession Agreement’s Annex on Environmental Obligations, Environmental Monitoring Guideline and Checklist and interviewing 7 expertise skill inspectors from DESIA, MoNRE. The research’s finding shall help projects to improve the future Environmental Obligations Compliance based on these performance factors. Also, an Applying AHP to Evaluate the Concession Agreement’s Annex on Environmental Obligations of the Hydropower Project in Lao PDR shall contribute to research field of management science, environmental science, hydropower engineering and other related filed like social development.
Keywords: Concession Agreement (CA), Environmental Obligation, Environmental Compliance, AHP, Hydropower.
Title: Expert’s Judgments on the Evaluation of the Concession Agreement’s Annex on Environmental Factors of the Hydropower Projects in Lao PDR using AHP Approach
Author: T.Onemanisone
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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