Question

when was the first forest act enacted​

Answer 1

Answer:

The first effort to regulate the Indian forests began in South India. ... In 1865 the first Indian Forest Act was passed. It came into effect on 1 May 1865. The Act empowered the Government to declare any land covered with trees as Government forests and to issue rules for conserving them

Answer 2

Answer:

An Act to consolidate the law relating to forests, the transit of forest-produce and the duty leviable on timber and other forest-produce. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was largely based on previous Indian Forest Acts implemented under the British. The most famous one was the Indian Forest Act of 1878.