Environment and special issue: South Asia

Volume 2 June 1996 Number 2

Editorial Richard Grove 127

Environmental of South Asia: A Review Essay Mahesh Rangarajan 129

The Politics of Fire and Forest Regeneration in Colonial Bengal K. Sivaramakrishnan 145

Colonialism and Profesionalism: A German Forester in India Indra Munshi Saldanha 195

The Attitude of Kautilya to Aranya Rita Ghosh Ray 221

Legal Instruments for Sustainable Environmental Management in Nepal Krishna Prasad Oli 231

Past Environments through Palynology: A Short Appraisal with Reference to the Western Ghats V.M. Meher-Homji 249

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Environment and History is an interdisciplinary journal which aims to bring scholars in the humanities and biological sciences closer together, with the deliberate intention of constructing long and well-founded perspectives on present day environmental problems. Contributions and editorial enquiries should be addressed to The Editor, c/o the White Horse Press, 10 High Street, Knapwell, Cambridge CB3 8NR, UK. Fax 01954 267527. EDITOR Richard H. Grove, Australian National University & University of Cambridge email [email protected] (or [email protected]); fax 616 249 3051 ASSOCIATE EDITORS Marlene Buchy, University College of North Wales; Quentin Cronk, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; Toyin Falola, University of Texas; Ravi Rajan, University of California, Berkeley; Mahesh Rangarajan, Nehru Memorial Institute; Sarah Wilmot, University of Cambridge EDITORIAL BOARD William Beinart, University of Bristol; Peter Boomgaard, Royal Dutch Anthropological Institute; Peter Brimblecombe, University of East Anglia; Alfred Crosby, University of Texas; Mark Elvin, Australian National University; Madhav Gadgil, Indian Institute of Ecological Sciences; Ramachandra Guha, Nehru Memorial Institute; Michael Lacey, Smithsonian Institution; John Mackenzie, Lancaster University; Christian Pfister, University of Bern; Jacques Pouchepadass, CNRS, Paris; Oliver Rackham, University of Cambridge; Simon Schaffer, University of Cambridge; Simon Schama, Columbia University; Jörn Sieglerschmidt, Landesmuseum, Mannheim; John Sheail, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood; Christopher Smout, University of St Andrews; Graeme Snooks, Australian National University; Joy Tukuhirwa, Makerere University, Uganda; Donald Worster, University of Kansas EDITORIAL ADVISERS Bridget Allchin, Cambridge; Vladimir Annenkov, Moscow; David Arnold, SOAS, London; George Benneh, University of ; Tim Bonyhady, A.N.U.; F.J. Brüggemeier, Hannover; Dario Camuffo, Padua; Jane Carruthers,University of South ; Paul Cernovodeanu, Bucharest; Evangelos Chrysos, Ionannina University; Andrée Corvol, Paris; John Dargavel, A.N.U.; Teresa Dunin-Wascowicz, Warsaw; Elizabeth Flint, Duke University; Nicholas Jardine, Cambridge; Leos Jelecek, Prague; Roy Macleod, University of Sydney; E.E. Manski, Stevoort; Juan Martinez-Alier, Barcelona; Diego Moreno, Genoa; Joseph Powell, Monash University; ; Jan Thelander, Lund; Richard Tucker, University of Michigan; Luis Urteaga, Barcelona; Piers Vitebsky, Cambridge; J. Kathirithamby Wells, University of Malaysia; Henk van Zon, Groningen SUBSCRIPTIONS Environment and History is published three times per year. ISSN 0967-3407. Annual subscription rates (1996) are £60/DM150/$US100 for institutions, or £30/DM75/$US50 for individuals at their private address. A discount of 20% is available to subscribers in G77 countries. Orders should be sent to The White Horse Press (subscriptions), 1 Strond, Isle of Harris, Scotland HS5 3UD. Fax 01859520204; email [email protected]

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