TWO DECADES FOR PAK MOON DAM PROBLEM CASE, UBON RATCHATHANI PROVINCE: LESSON LEARNED FROM PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION.

Abstract

During two decades for Pak Moon Dam at Ubon Ratchatani Province has been the vital environmental conflict problem especially people and communities movement contribute to dynamic People’s Movement in systematically. In the Pre-Dam period, the movement call for EGAT and government should bring the natural environment like in the past time. Furthermore, the villagers depended on the fisheries in the upstream region are lose their work when the Pak Moon Dam is constructed. In the Post Dam period, the People’s Movement issues call for the natural environment and compensation for the villagers who are impacted from Pak Moon Dam.The essential dilemma is impacted villagers have many social and cultural problems a. The new social arrangements have disrupted former social relations and changed patterns of interaction among the villagers.
This article is analyzed and revealed what is the most significant factors for the people movement for long time (20 twenty years ) and what is the core stimulation for the civil movement in case Pak Moon Dam. In conclusion, Pak Moon dam case is the classic conflict case between people in communities and the Government. If we recognize the revolution of the movement, we can enlighten the new people movement in the present and in the future.