forestry ,its importance, branches of forestry ,basic terminologies of forestry

1. Forestry
The science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
Or
The Scientific study of cultivation, maintenance &management of forest.

2. Importance of Forestry:
 Forestry is an important economic part in various industrial countries. E.g.
Germany ( wood)
 It repairs forests (Reforestation)
 It cultivate new forests(A forestation)
 It prevent from deforestation
 It provide timber
 It provide fuel wood
 Environment cleaner
 Improve water quality
 Sink for atmospheric CO2

3. Importance of Forestry:
 It create source of enjoyment by preserving forest.
 It save forest from forest fire.
 Help in landscaping
 It provide shelter house for endangered species
 Pioneer of food Chain

4. Scope of forestry
 large area is available in the form of farm boundaries, bunds, waste lands
where forestry system can be adopted
 Forestry permits the growing suitable tree species in the field where most
annual crops are growing well
 By growing trees and crops on Agricultural or forest land, Resources are
utilized efficiently
 Forestry has potential generate employment.
 Forestry provides raw material for industries.
 Forestry helps in maintaining ecological balance.
 Forestry soil and water conservation, soil improvement.
 Forestry helps in meeting various needs of growing population.

6. Branches of Forestry
 Rangeland Management
 Forest Management
 Forest Utilization
 Agroforestry
 Social Forestry
 Forest Mensuration
 Forest Ecology
 Forest Pathology
 Urban Forestry
 Silviculture

7. Rangeland Management
 Range Management is a distinct discipline of forestry founded on ecological principles
and dealing with the use of rangelands and range resources for a variety of purposes.
These purposes include use as watersheds, wildlife habitat, grazing by livestock,
recreation, and aesthetics, as well as other associated uses.
 Rangeland management is a professional natural science that study of rangelands and
the "conservation and sustainable management of Arid-Lands for the benefit of current
societies and future generations.

8. Forest Management
 Forest management is a branch of forestry concerned with overall administrative,
economic, legal, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects, such as
silviculture, protection, and forest regulation.

9. Forest Utilization
 The Forest Utilization deals with many aspects of the utilization, significance,
understanding and promotion of forest resources and forest industries.
 The program supports and promotes the idea that a healthy and diverse forest products
industry.
 As broad knowledge and understanding of the timber resource, contributes to the
economic and various other values of the forest.

10. Agroforestry
 Agroforestry or agro-sylviculture is a land use management system in which trees or
shrubs are grown around or among crops or pastureland.
 It combines shrubs and trees in agricultural and forestry technologies to create more
diverse, productive, profitable, healthy, ecologically sound, and sustainable land-use
systems.

11. Social Forestry
 Social forestry means the management and protection of forest and afforestation of
barren and deforested lands with the purpose of helping environmental, social and rural
development.

12. Forest Mensuration
 Forest mensuration is the art and science of providing the quantitative
information about trees and forest stands necessary for forest management,
planning and research.
 Forest mensuration is one of the most fundamental disciplines within forestry
and related sciences. It deals with the measurement of trees and stands and
the analysis of the resultant information.

13. Forest Ecology
 Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes,
flora, fauna and ecosystems in forests.
 Forest Ecology deals with the relationship of biotic factor with abiotic factor
in forest land

14. Forest Pathology
 Forest pathology is the study of tree diseases
 Forest pathology is the research of both biotic and abiotic diseases affecting the health
of a forest ecosystem, primarily fungal pathogens and their insect vectors.

15. Urban Forestry
 Urban forestry is the care and management of single trees and tree populations
in urban settings for the purpose of improving the urban environment. Urban
forestry advocates the role of trees as a critical part of the urban infrastructure

16. Silviculture
 The name comes from the Latin. The word silvi mean forest & culture mean
as in growing
 Silviculture is the practice of controlling the establishment, growth,
composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values

18. Basic Terminologies of Forestry
 Annual Ring:
Dark colored concentric circles distant on cross-cut surface of
coniferous logs. Each circle indicate one annual growth ring.
 C.I.A.
Current annual increment or current annual growth. It can be defined
as

19. Basic Terminologies of Forestry
 Canopy:
Roof of forest crop made up of tree crowns.
 Conifers:
Conifers are Gymnosperms. They are cone-bearing seed plants with
vascular tissue.
Even Aged Forest:
A forest with tree of uniform age.
Un-Even Aged Forest:
A forest with tree of unequal age.

20. Basic Terminologies of Forestry
Forestry:
Application of sciences on forest land for obtaining maximum sustained
yield of timber and forage.
 Forest:
A stable community of wood and animals dominated by wood vegetation
 Farm Forestry:
practice of forestry on farm land by a farmer for obtaining
numerous benefits such as wood, fuel, and forage.

21. Basic Terminologies of Forestry
 Forest Land:
Land under the forest cultivation or capable of supporting forest
or reserved for forest by some authority.
Habitat:
The environment where an organism lives, breeds and grows.
 Hardwood
 Humus
 Litter
 M.A.I
 Organic Matter
 Prunning