This collection of articles by noted environmental historian Richard P. Tucker is an attempt to trace Indian forest history from the colonial era to its post-Independence legacy. It is a study of the evolution of forest policy at the national level, in counterpoint with management at the provincial and local levels, primarily in the Himalayan districts. The book highlights the two main strains of conflict that characterize the evolution of professional forestry in India. First, the tension between the subsistence needs of the local population and the commercial needs of the colonial state, and second, the clash between the forest department, which sought to preserve and manage forests, and the revenue department, which was driven by the need to expand agriculture and industry. Written mostly in the 1980s and 1990s, these articles were among the first environmental history studies in India and contribute significantly to the understanding of the colonial legacy for post-Independence management of India's natural resources.
A Comprehensive Social History Of Tribes And Forests In India Is Yet To Be Written.
This Book Is An Endeavour On The Forest History Of India With Emphasis On Identification And Analysis Of Values In Conservation, Forest Legislation, Forestry, Forest And Wildlife Management.
"A masterful study. . . . It does for ecological history what the writings of Marx and Engels did for the study of class relations and social production."—Michael Adas, Rutgers University
The historiography of environmental history of India or South Asia is fast expanding, and there seems to be no dearth of books in this field. However, a comprehensive account of the environmental history of India is missing.
This book critically explores the political ecology of human marginalization, wildlife conservation and the role of the state in politicizing conservation frameworks, drawing on examples from forests in India.
This books depicts the precariousness of the environmental situation and traces the history and politics of such degeneration with a view to raise the consciousness of the people of the region towards their environment and save it from ...
Placing Delhi’s environment at the front and centre of its unique history, the book tells the tale of the Ridge, which resonates far beyond the boundaries of India′s capital.
In a landmark judgment in 2011 the court banned state support for vigilantism. The Burning Forest describes this brutal war in the heart of India, and what it tells us about the courts, media and politics of the country.
... Mollinga 2015; Patel 2013), cities (Ahmad 2018; Nagendra 2016; Nair 2005; Rademacher and Sivaramakrishnan 2013), dams and water (Asthana 2009; Baghel 2014; Hardiman 1995; Klingensmith 2007; Nilsen 2012; Ray 2008; Werner 2015), ...
The essays in this book highlight and explore how this shift is occurring and what the challenges to democratic forest governance are.