Volume 18, No. 5, 2021
Ecology Is Political: A Review On The Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project Dam Construction
BIRAJ DAS
Abstract
The uninterrupted erosion, degradation and pollution of our ecology caused by various factors, appear to be a grave concern that the present society needs to face with proper measures for retaining the existence and value of the Human civilization and the Mother Nature as the source of all resources. The constant deteriorating and degradation of our ecology and natural environment have emerged as the major threat to the sustainability of the human society. The rapid changes in the economy of the society are seen as major factor in damaging the ecology. Political decisions and policies formulated by the state apparatus regarding utilization, usage, protection, preservation and sustainability of ecology profoundly draw the attention of political ecology as a separate discipline that focuses on understanding the complexity of development and welfare framed by deep interaction between the state, non-state actors and people, on the one hand and the mother nature on the other hand. Ecological and socio-economicimpacts of large river dam projects highly brings about heated debate and discussion specially in the countries of the south, the construction and operation of large dams considered as prestigious sign of progress and development but also appear as sensitive developmental and environmental issues.
Pages: 195-205
Keywords: political ecology, development, economic interest, ecology, dam-building