policies

The Kautiliya Arthasastra is a famous treatise on state-craft which within its state policies includes ecological concerns…

Professional German foresters played an important role in shaping the course of forest management in India during the last century. It is to Sir Dietrich Brandis that the credit for the introduction of scientific methods of management is given…

It was not solely the natural environment that determined which areas large countries and colonial powers of the 18th century used for the purposes of tar making, but also other aspects: political, military, economic and colonial.

This article argues that local religious institutions are used by ruling lineages for political control, to grant preferential access to particular resources, and to enhance political hegemony.

This article presents some local understandings of ecological history in a semi-arid area of Zimbabwe as an exploration of how changes in land use that reflect both local initiative and state planning have transformed the hydrology of local catchments of heavy clay ‘mopani soils’ and greatly accelerated soil erosion.

An introduction to the essays in this special issue, which provide new perspectives on local as well as state and international environmental politics, and their interactions.

Malcolm Chase reviews the sequel to Anna Bramwell’s Ecology in the 20th Century: A History.