An Approach to Environmental Governance of Assam
- September 9, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VIII, August 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
An Approach to Environmental Governance of Assam
Durmily Hansepi
Research Scholar, Assam University Diphu Campus (Political Science Dept), India
Abstract: – This paper attempt to discuss the emerging trends on recent environmental issues in the North East of India specially Assam. An urgent need of focus, on these issues and finding out effective alternatives to govern the environmental conflict areas is very critical. The ongoing vulnerable situation have an adverse impact on the human activities, livelihood and the environment as a whole. People need to protect their basic socio-economic or livelihood conditions as well as indigenous communities and those people that habituated nearby the river valleys over since time immemorial also in and around of the forest region. Without forest resources ninety percent of the people will be starved since forest is one of the main sources of livelihood for the people of North East India in general and indigenous people in the Hills in particular. However, in the recent past, what observed is that, establishment and introduction of modern technology and its urbanisation strategy in the region had caused great destruction on forest resources or ecosystem including sacred sites which therefore, affect culturally also. The fact is that common people or the local community suffered the most as victimise in such vulnerable occasion. Therefore, the paper will analyse the need of environment governance for the survival of the environment and its sustainable possibilities on one hand and also focus some important approach or element that can have a growing capacity to govern the environmental on related issues in the region on the other hand.
Key words: concept, objective, culture, approach and environmental issue on environmental governance.
I. INTRODUCTION
The present scenario on environmental issue which focus on pollution of air, water, and health are the main component that the world population faces day by day. Then, to control and govern such concern environmental issue by the state or nation, there is need of application to follow the laws and rules that can possibly tackle and menace to solve the pollution in your state and then in your locality.
