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The Ecologist 2003: Table of Contents

THE ECOLOGIST ASIA
Vol 11 No 1  January-March 2003

The Ecologist 2003: Table of Contents

The Brahmaputra river system, the largest in the Northeast, is unique. It is distinguished by its glacial origins, location in a highly seismic zone, heavy and intense rainfall resulting in ‘flashy’ rivers, a high sedimentation rate and an intricate link with the ecology of the beels in the plains. This poses challenges to conventional dam building wisdom. Picture by Debal Sen
This special issue of The Ecologist Asia on large dams in Northeast India was published in January-March 2003. It has been a good year-and-a-half since then. But realities remain just as stark. The portent bode by the prospect of large dams in the region are still just ominous. On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, Northeast Vigil brings to you the mindboggling edition to you here on this microsite on dams in Northeast India.
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Northeast Vigil is grateful to the publishers of The Ecologist Asia for making the edition available online here for an audience who will be the first and also the most severely to be affected if such dams are allowed to become a so-called developmental reality.