Forestry : A Subjective Guide for IFS Aspirants

Contents: 1. Introductory Forestry. 2. Regeneration of Trees. 3. Tree Nursery. 4. Silvicultural System. 5. Mangroves. 6. Cold Deserts. 7. Silviculture of Trees. 8. Agroforestry and Social Forestry. 9. Join Forest Management (JFM). 10. Tribology. 11. Forest Soils. 12. Soil Conservation. 13. Watershed Management. 14. Environmental Conservation. 15. Biodiver-sity. 16. Tree Breeding and Improvement. 17. Seed Technology. 18. Forest Management; 19. Forest Working Plan. 20. Forest Mensuration. 21. Remote Sensing. 22. Surveying and Forest Engineering. 23. Forest Ecology. 24. Dendrology, Herbaria and Ethnobotany. 25. Forest Utilization. 26 Non Timber Forest Products. 27. Wood seasoning. 28. Wood Technology. 29. Forest Protection. 30. Wild Life Management. 31. Forest Economics.
32. Forest Policy.

This comprehensive text book on Forestry titled "Forestry: A Subjective Guide for IFS Aspirants" is written primarily to cater the needs of aspirants preparing for the Indian Forest Service and other state forest service examinations. The book deals with a wide range of forestry topics which includes basic concepts like Forests and forestry, Silviculture, forest management, Forest Policy etc. besides technologies, applications including the latest developments in the forestry sector. The book covers the entire forestry syllabus of the UPSC-IFS exmaination and hence will be a ready reckoner for those in search of information from a single textbook. It will also be of immense use equally fro undergraduate and postgraduate programmes offered in State Agricultural Universities, ICFRE institutes and other conventional universities offering Forestry and Environmental Science degree programmes. Graduates of other science and engineering programmes interested in IFS examination will find it to be an ideal source for their examination preparation. The book also serves to be a valuable guid for professional Foresters in the State Forest Departments of the country. (jacket)