Suggestions Regarding Forest Administration in the Madras Presidency
Suggestions Regarding Forest Administration in the Madras Presidency

Author: Sir Brandis Dietrich

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781230094335

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... in the Anantaplir and Dharmavaram taluks which feed the streams by which the tanks of Anantaplir and Shinganamalla are filled. A preliminary demarcation has been made, and the formation of a reserve has been sanctioned by Government on the range of hills which separates the taluks of Tadpatri and Anantaplir. An account of this forest will be found in paragraphs 3 to 11 of Colonel Beddome's report of the 30th March 1880. After my visit I submitted (on the 11th January) to the Collector a report, the substance of which, with a few modifications, is embodied in the following remarks: --Proposed Muchukota Reserve. 452. The proposed reserve occupies a portion of the hill range, which extends from the Penner river southwards. The rock is stratified; calcareous rocks alternating with red sand-stone. The nature of the rock explains the good growth on these hills of the Hardwiclsia binata (yepi or narepu), which is not found on the granite and gneiss hills in the vicinity of Anantaptir. The contrast between the green yepi forest, which clothes the lower slopes, chiefly on the east side of the range, and the other hills both east and west, which are perfectly bare, is most remarkable. 453. The distribution of Hardwickia on this range is not, however, uniform. The tree is abundant on the undulating ground which forms the outskirts of the hills on the east side, and over a large area of low hills in the centre of the reserve, between the cart-track which leads from Sanjivapuram to Venkatampalli and the high road from Anantaplir to Tadpatri, as well as north and south of these two roads. Further south yepi is scarce, but it re-appears, and is said to be abundant on the hills west of Kummanamalla village. _ On the higher...

Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India
Environmental History and Tribals in Modern India

Author: Velayutham Saravanan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 9811080526

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This monograph presents a comprehensive account of environmental history of India and its tribals from the late eighteenth onwards, covering both the colonial and post-colonial periods. The book elaborately discusses the colonial plunder of forest resources up to the introduction of the Forest Act (1878) and focuses on how colonial policy impacted on the Indian environment, opening the floodgates of forest resources plunder, primarily for timber and to establish coffee and tea plantations. The book argues that even after the advent of conservation initiatives, commercial exploitation of forests continued unabated while stringent restrictions were imposed on the tribals, curtailing their access to the jungles. It details how post-colonial governments and populist votebank politics followed the same commercial forest policy till the 1980s without any major reform, exploiting forest resources and also encroaching upon forest lands, pushing the self-sustainable tribal economy to crumble. The book offers a comprehensive account of India’s environmental history during both colonial and post-colonial times, contributing to the current environmental policy debates in Asia.

Environmental History of Modern India
Environmental History of Modern India

Author: Velayutham Saravanan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-01-30

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 935435050X

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India, over the decades, has experienced multiple changes, including population explosion, urbanisation, technological advancement, commercialisation of agriculture, change in land-use pattern, vast improvement of infrastructure facilities, etc., which have had an impact on the environment. Author Velayutham Saravanan attempts to understand the complexity of the environmental history of contemporary India from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Environmental History of Contemporary India begins with an analysis of land-use patterns and population and their impact on the environment. Further, it discusses the exploitation of natural resources for commercial motives by the colonial administration and argues that the colonial commercial policy of over one-and-a-half centuries had impacted the ecology and environment. The book also deliberates whether the postcolonial government policies have changed in favour of environmental protection or have continued with the colonial policy, and attempts to throw light on the issues of how the land for development policies have impacted the environment from the early nineteenth century until recent years. It then looks at the problem of electronic waste and its adverse impact on the environment, ecology and health in a historical manner while engaging with the complexity of the conflict between land and population in relation to the environment. The book is the most comprehensive presentation on land, population, technology and development that India has witnessed since the early nineteenth century.

The Railways in Colonial South Asia
The Railways in Colonial South Asia

Author: Ganeswar Nayak

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-13

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 100042748X

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This book is an interesting collection of essays on the Railways in Colonial South Asia. The book introduces the key concepts which have now entered the study of railway history, e.g. economy, ecology, culture, health and crime through the various essays. The well researched essays include those on the Imperial Railways in nineteenth century South Asia, Pakistan Railway, Impact of railway expansion on the Himalayan forests, development of the Sri Lankan Railways, a study of the European employees of the BB & CI Railways, problems of Indian Railway up to c. ad 1900, railways in Gujarati literature and tradition, mapping the Gaikwad Baroda State Railway on the colonial rail network, coming of railways in Bihar, expansion of railway to colonial Orissa, etc. This book will be of immense value to those researching on various dimensions of railway transport in colonial South Asia. It can also be read by the more perceptive general reader exploring books on railways. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947
Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947

Author: Velayutham Saravanan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-08-12

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1315517205

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This book offers a bird’s eye view of the economic and environmental history of the Indian peninsula during colonial era. It analyses the nature of colonial land revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations, intrusion into tribal private forests and tribal-controlled geographical regions, and disintegration of their socio-cultural, political, administrative and judicial systems during the British Raj. It explores the economic history of the region through regional and ‘non-market’ economies and addresses the issues concerning local communities. Comprehensive, systematic and rich in archival material, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in history, especially those concerned with economic and environmental history.