Forest is an important natural resource which supplies a lot to the ecology and economy of the nations. Forestry is the science of development and care of forest. It is concerned with management of forest by protecting, conserving and upgrading of forest resources. Forester protects forest resources from fire, pests, disease, encroachment and indiscriminate felling of trees. Thus, services of specially trained personnel like forestry specialists, forestry management experts and forest officers are needed to maintain and restore the forest cover, forest wealth and resources.
Forest wealth contributes extensively to the country’s economy. Effective and controlled use of forest wealth may result in
issues like global warming, deforestation, global climatic change, water scarcity, natural disasters etc. In short, Forestry involves protection of forests and farming of trees to ensure timber supply.
