Question

What is scientific forestry how does the forest officer implement it?

Answer 1

Scientific forestry is the science of managing forests amd tree plantations. Natural forests with different types of trees were cut down and replaced with one type of tree planted in rows known as plantation.

Answer 2

In practice, the scientific forestry means conservation and supervision of forests. to implement scientific forestry all the species of trees are cut down and replaced by a particular species of tree. Trees in this process are planted orderly in rows. The colonial government of India implemented this method of scientific forestry as suggested by Dietrich Brandis. He gave some ideas to conserve the forests of India including the need to train people in the science of conservation or the scientific forestry. In order to implement this practice, the colonial government banned the grazing of animals in the forest and banned the shifting cultivation.