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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS An Environmental History Of India by Michael H. Fisher
India Pakistan and Bangladesh contain onefifth of humanity are home to many biodiversity hotspots and are among the nations most subject to climatic stresses. By surveying their environmental history we can gain major insights into the causes and implications of the Indian subcontinents current conditions. This accessible new survey begins roughly 100 million years ago when continental drift moved India from the South Pole and across the Indian Ocean forming the Himalayan Mountains and creating monsoons. Coverage continues to the twentyfirst century taking readers beyond independence from colonial rule. The new nations of India Pakistan and Bangladesh have produced rising populations and have stretched natural resources even as they have become increasingly engaged with climate change. To understand the regions current and future pressing issues Michael H. Fisher argues that we must engage with the long and complex history of interactions among its people land climate flora and fauna.