Impact Of Manitoba Hydro Dam Projects On Aboriginal Communities

Impact Of Manitoba Hydro Dam Projects On Aboriginal Communities
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Impact Of Manitoba Hydro Dam Projects On Aboriginal Communities
The Clean Environment Commission (CEC) has drowned interest in the projects by Manitoba Hydro to ensure that the organization avoids or limits access to the areas that are significant to the environment and the indigenous people living in the surroundings. The major focus by the CEC and other movements is not the Manitoba Hydro, but any project across the world that might be destructive to the environment and also a distraction to both indigenous and non-indigenous groups of people living in the area. For instance, the organization advised Crown Corporation to consider the wishes of the indigenous people in the construction of a proposed transmission line in Minnesota before approving their proposal (Martin, 2017). In this case, the Manitoba Hydro should take these steps to ensure that the implementation of any project matches the interest of the people in the area, regardless of any underlying benefits. While the plans by Manitoba are improvements of the past projects, the idea requires monitoring and involvement of the aboriginal communities to ensure that the indigenous people gain benefits such as the provision of employment opportunities, and not suffering negative impacts like the destruction of the environment from the implementation.
How did the activists familiarize themselves with the impacts of the Manitoba Hydro on the aboriginal communities? Looking into the destructed environment could not represent the wishes and feelings of the people affected by the construction of the dams in question. In this case, an idea of converging people from the affected communities revealed the global social and environmental impacts of the projects on the affected individuals. First, “Neckoway, who is from the hydro-impacted community of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba,” confirmed the impact of the eastern Himalayan dams revealed by photos presented by a person attending the conference (Wilt, 2019). This evidence proves the dissatisfaction of the local communities upon the construction of the dams. Although the impact of the dam has not affected a big area, the communities battling with impacts show their grief in losing the most important part of their world in the environment. Secondly, the Manitoba Hydro International has led in the most opposed projects in the Central American Country (Wilt, 2019). The statistic reveals that the organization has failed in its implementation and most people in the surrounding are withdrawn by the continuous destruction of the environment and the iteration of the negative impacts on their communities. The evidence shows that the aboriginal communities are willing to support any other project that’s not considering the impacts of its process on the environment, the living habitat.
“As a member of the Labrador Land Protectors, which brings together both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, Benefiel now faces the possibility of yet another mega-dam on the Churchill River.” Although the dam is made to improve water conservation in the surroundings, the organization has not considered its impact on the environment and finally to the indigenous people. In an interview with the Narwhal, Benefiel states that the construction of the dam will ultimately destroy the Churchill River (Wilt, 2019). Should the implementation of the project be allowed while it’s bound to affect the flow of the natural source of water in the river? Should the company focus on the benefits at the expense of the negative impact originating from the construction of the dam? Although the project may have various advantages like employment and the revenues for the local people, the negative impacts on the physical environment outweigh the advantages and most people in the region oppose its implementation (Buckland & O'Gorman, 2016). The indigenous individuals opt to be jobless rather than support the activities that detriment their environment.
Although some people like Benefiel might be positive in investing in the future of developing a global environment, they engage in the activists’ movements across the world to stop the construction of hydro-dams that might pose risks to the environment. The idea of investing in a global environment without looking into the impacts of the engaged projects is changed by the conference made to discuss the latter not only in Canada but also in other parts of the World. “The sold-out conference brought together about 300 people, many from communities impacted by projects like the Site C dam under construction i...