Indian and World Forestry

World Forestry Centre is located - Portland , Oregon , United states.

World Forestry Centre mission is to educate people of world about trees and world forests and also focus on the importance of forests in our lives.

Taiga is the world's largest land biome, and makes about 29% of world's forest cover, the largest area of countries :
Russia

Brazil

Canada

USA

China

Australia ( India is not even top 10 list).

World Forestry day is celebrated on - 21st March.

Himalayan Forest Research Institute is located at - Shimla.

National Agroforestry policy of India was launched in - 2014.

Tropical forest research institute is located - Jabalpur.

Indian forest act was enacted in - 1927.

Indian Institute of Forest Management is located - Bhopal.

21.34% forest covers in Geographical area of India.

The first National Forest policy was adopted in India - 1980.

Forest Research Institute is located at - Dehradun.

Gir National Park is located - Gujarat.

Silviculture is - Art and Science of cultivating forest trees.

Institute of Wood and Science and Technology is located - Bangalore.

Arid Forest Research Institute is located at - Jodhpur

Rain Forest Research Institute is located - Jorhat.

Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute is located - Jhansi.

The National Tree of India ia - Banyan ( Ficus Benghalensis).

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The Wildlife of India

·             The wildlife Protection act enacted by parliament of India on - 

·                09-sept-1972.

·         The branch of science that deals with growth and establishment of forest  - Silviculture .

·         The branch of science that deals with forest & wood – Silvology.

·         The branch of science that deals with the study of wooded plants ( trees, shrubs and lianas) – Dendrology.

·         The branch of science that concerned with the influence of soils on living things (plants) – Edaphology.

·         The branch of science that deals with the study of soils on their natural habitat – Pedology.

·         The scientific and objective study of animal behaviour – Ethology .

·         The study of Origination or causes – Etiology .

·         The Wildlife Institute of India is situated at Dehradun. 

·         World Forestry day is celebrated on - 21^st March.

·         Project Tiger was started in the year – 1973.

·         ICFRE – Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education.

·         Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy , Dehradun is functioning as a staff college of the officers of IFS.

·         Reserve Forest Bhimbandh is situated in Bihar.

·         World wide fund for Nature - is largest private international nature conservation organization.

·         Tigon is the cross between a tiger & lioness.

 

·         Hemis National park is situated at the highest altitude in the country.

·         The hybrid between male tiger and female lion is called – Litigon .

·         Pavo is devoted to Indian Ornithology.
 

·         Threatened and rare species of flora and fauna kept under the book – Red data book .

·         Nandan kanan Zoological park, Bhubaneswar having largest number of white tiger population.

·         Central Zoo Authority is the governing body of All Zoo’s in India.

·         West Bengal has highest number of zoos in India.

·         Arignar Anna Zoological park , Vandalur, Tamilnadu is the Largest zoo of India.

·         Marble palace Zoo, Kolkata is the oldest existing zoo in India.

National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries :

The national park and wildlife sanctuaries are protected natural habitats. In these habitats the human activities such as haunting , mining , cutting of trees etc are strictly prohibited. But Research is allowed by the permit of governing body of the Park.

·         Some Important National Parks :

·         Gir Forest National Park– Asiatic lion – (Gujrat).

·         Great Himalayan National Park – Himachal Pradesh (UNESCO World Heritage site).

·         Indravati National park – Chhastigarh ( Wild Asian buffalo, tiger reserve, hill mynas).

·         Jaldapara national Park – West benal.

·         Kaziranga National park – Assam ( Indian rhinoceros, UNESCO world Heritage site).

·         Kanha National park – Madhya Pradesh.

·         Keibul Lamjao National park – Manipur ( Only floating park in the world).

·         Keoladeo National park – Rajasthan (UNESCO World Heritage site).

·         Manas National Park – Assam (UNESCO World Heritage site).

·         Salim Ali National park – Jammu & Kashmir.

·         Silent Valley National park – Kerala.

·         Sundarbans National Park – West Bengal (UNESCO World Heritage site).

·         Ranthambore National park – Rajasthan .

·         Rani jhansi Marine National park – Andaman & Nikobar Island .

·         Nokrek National park – Meghalaya ( UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve).

·         Nanda devi National – Uttarakhand (UNESCO World Heritage site ).

·         Mount Harriet National park –  Andaman & Nicobar Island ( Importat bird area as attributed by birdlife International new species frog named Rana Charles Darwini).