• Geological studies in Kashmir have shown that the rise of the Pir Panjal range around four million years ago resulted in the formation of a vast lake, impounding drain- age in the

Salffam sarvaina idam All was water in the beginning Rig Veda

Humans are essentially a part of nature and it is impossible to disentangle human affairs from what is happening to forests, animals, insects and microorganisms Population pressure affects

History provides important lessons in the management of the environment for administrators, conservationists and their ideologues. But have we really learnt anything from the past?