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FORESTS AND FORESTRY
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Definitions of terminologies
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Historical background of forests
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Objectives of forestry
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Role of forests – Productive, Protective &
Ameliorative
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Reasons for declining forest cover
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FOREST CLASSIFICATION AND TYPES
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Forest Types - Definition
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Classification of forest
o Regeneration
o Age
o Composition
o Ownership
o Object of Management
o Growing stock
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Classification of forest based on vegetation and climate
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Factors influencing forest vegetation
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THE STATE OF WORLD’S
FOREST
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Geographical distribution of world forest
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Classification of world forest
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Productivity potential of world forest
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Increment of world forest
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FOREST RESOURCES OF IMPORTANT COUNTRIES
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Forest resources and practices of world
o Western
Europe
o North
America
o Central
Africa
o Australia
o Central
America
o Russia
o Japan
o China
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THE STATE OF INDIAN FOREST
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Forest cover Measurement
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State wise forest distribution
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Growing stock of Indian forest
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SILVICULTURE – PRINCIPLES AND
PRACTICES
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Silvics and Silviculture
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Objectives
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Regeneration – Natural and artificial
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Nursery technology
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Silvicultural practices
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SILVICULTURE OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANT
TREES
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Eucalyptus
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Casuarina
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Teak
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Ailanthus
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Melia
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Subabul
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Sandal
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Redsander
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Kadam
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Poplar
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FOREST MENSURATION
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Definition
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Objectives
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Diameter Measurement
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Height Measurement
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Measurement of tree form
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Volume estimation
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FOREST UTILIZATION - WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS
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Definition
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Wood Product
o Solid wood
o Composite wood
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Non-Wood Forest Products
o Fibres,
o Flosses,
o Grasses
o Bamboos and canes,
o Tan,
o Gums,
o Dye,
o Resin,
o Oleoresin
o Essential oils
o TBOs
o Animal Product
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AGROFORESTRY
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Definition
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Classification and types
o Agrisilviculture
o Silvipasture
o Agrisilvipasture
o Other systems
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Benefits and Limitation
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Tree crop interaction
o Above ground interaction
o Below ground interaction
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Nutrient cycling
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Agroforestry systems for different ecological zones
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Industrial Agroforestry
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National Agroforestry Policy, 2014
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SOCIAL FORESTRY
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Introduction
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Objectives
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Programmes
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JFM
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Introduction
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History and evolution
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Objectives
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Programmes
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JFM success Stories
o Arabari experience
o Behroonguda experience
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DENDRO ENERGY RESOURCES
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Definition
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Use the Energy in Biomass
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Sources of Dendro biomass
(Raw materials)
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Types of biomass power generation
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Thermo chemical properties of important energy species
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Benefits of dendro energy
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GLOBAL WARMING
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Introduction
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Green House Gases
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Causes and Effects
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Impacts
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Mitigation Measures
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Adaptation Measures
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CARBON SEQUESTRATION
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Definition
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Important Terminologies and Definitions
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Kind of Sequestration
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Methods of sequestration
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C Sequestration potential of Natural forest
o Global Carbon Stock
o India’s Carbon stock
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C Sequestration potential of Agroforestry
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FOREST BASED INDUSTRIES
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Major wood based industries
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Wood demand for major industries
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Wood production
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Wood consumption
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Raw material and species
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ORGANIZATIONS IN FORESTRY
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National Organizations –
o ANFPDC, FSI, ICFRE, AWBI, BSI,
CAFRI, CZA, CSE, CRIDA, FRI, ICAR,
IPIRTI, IGNFA, KFRI, NBA, NBW, NTCA, WCCB, ZSI, WTI
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International Organizations
o CIFOR, ITTO, World Agroforestry
Centre (ICRAF), IUCN, WWF, IUFRO, INBAR, FSC, FAO, IPCC
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FORESTRY EVENTS / DATES
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Important Events/Dates related to Forestry
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Important Events / Dates related to environment
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Themes and philosophy
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ACTS AND POLICIES
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National Forest Policies – 1894, 1952, 1988
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Salient features
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Important Acts in Indian Forests
o IFA,1927 and its amendments
o WPA, 1972 and its amendments
o FCA, 1980 and its amendments
o EPA, 1986 and its amendments
o Biodiversity act, 2002
o Tribal act, 2006
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