Resumen de El proyecto Hidroeléctrico de la Bahía de James: la ruina de un territorio
The Hydroelectric Project in James Bay, north of Quebec, Canada, illustrates the consequences of an economic growth model selected by the governments of industrialized nations as well as transnational corporations, which have acquired an insatiable appetite for new supplies of resources and have accelerated the rates of extraction of natural resources to incredible levels, without considering the high social and ecological costs to mast indigenous culture whose subsist-ence directly or indirectly depends on the preservation of traditional life styles and their eco-systems. The study here reviewed exemplifies how immediate interests and the politi-cal convenience of some governments become more impor-tant than ecological and socio-cultural interests of an indigenous society
