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?

• 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