2. • British needed forest to build ships and
railways.
• They were worried about the reckless felling
of trees by local traders.
• British invited a German expert, Dietrich
Brandis and made him the first IG of Forests in
India.
• Rules about the use of Forest Resources.
4. Brandis Established The Indian Forest
Service in 1864.
Indian Forest Act in 1865.
Imperial Forest Research Institute was set
up at Dehradoon in 1906.
Started in Scientific Forestry.
5.
6. First Amendment in 1878.
Second Amendment in 1927.
These two amendment was started by Dietrich
Brandis.
7. This amendment was divided into forest in
three parts:
Reserved
Forest
Protected
Forest
Village
Forest
8. • The best forests were called reserved forests.
• Villagers were not allowed to take anything
from these forests.
9. villagers were allowed to take wood for house
building or fuel.
Villagers were allowed to takes wood for house
building or fuel.
10.
11. 1. Large areas of natural forests were also
cleared to make way for Tea, Coffee, and
Rubber Plantations to meet Europe’s growing
need for these for commodities.
2. Colonial Government took over the forest and
gave vast areas to European planters at cheap
rates.
