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HRT141

This course provides an introduction to forestry concepts and practices. The course objectives are to describe Indian forest policies, practice forest regeneration techniques, and use instruments to measure forest growth parameters. The syllabus covers topics like forest classification, natural and artificial regeneration methods, tending operations, mensuration, agroforestry systems, and cultivation of important tree species. Practical sessions include tree identification, propagation, plantation establishment, and measurement of diameter, height, and volume using various instruments.

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HRT141

This course provides an introduction to forestry concepts and practices. The course objectives are to describe Indian forest policies, practice forest regeneration techniques, and use instruments to measure forest growth parameters. The syllabus covers topics like forest classification, natural and artificial regeneration methods, tending operations, mensuration, agroforestry systems, and cultivation of important tree species. Practical sessions include tree identification, propagation, plantation establishment, and measurement of diameter, height, and volume using various instruments.

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HRT141: INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY

L:1 T:0 P:2 Credits: 2


Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to
 describe basic concepts of forestry and Indian Forest Policies.
 practice the regeneration and propagation of forest species.
 use instruments for measurement of various growth parameters of forest species.
 apply concept of agri-silviculture for ensuring food security.
SYLLABUS
THEORY
Unit I
Introduction: definitions and basic terms related to forestry, objectives of silviculture,
stakeholders of forest, forest classification and salient features of Indian Forest Policies.
Unit II
Forest regeneration: natural regeneration - natural regeneration from seed and vegetative parts,
coppicing, pollarding, root suckers, artificial regeneration – objectives and techniques, choice
between natural and artificial regeneration.
Unit III
Forest operation: crown development and classification, tending operations-weeding, cleaning
and thinning-mechanical, ordinary, crown and advance thinning.
Unit IV
Forest mensuration: objectives, diameter and height measurement, instruments used in
measurement, tree stem form, form factor, form quotient, measurement of volume of felled and
standing trees and age determination of trees.
Unit V
Agroforestry and social forestry: definitions, importance, criteria of selection of trees, different
agroforestry systems prevalent in the country- shifting cultivation, taungya, alley cropping, wind
breaks and shelter belts, home gardens.
Unit VI
Cultivation of forest trees: cultivation practices of two important fast-growing treespecies of
the region
PRACTICAL
Identification of tree species
 To identify and collect various forest species.
 To prepare herbaria of forest species.
Propagation of tree species
 To develop nursery lay out and sowing of seeds of forest trees.
 To perform propagation of forestry species by cutting and layering.
 To perform propagation of forest species by budding and grafting.
Establishment and management of forest plantations
 To practice forest plantations and their management.
Visit
 To study about forest based industries.
Forest mensuration
 To study diameter measurements of forest trees using calipers and measuring tape.
 To study diameter measurements of forked, buttressed, fluted and leaning trees.
 To study height measurement of standing trees by shadow method, single pole method
and hypsometer.
 To study instrumental methods of height measurement based on geometric and
trigonometric principles.
Volume measurement
 To measure volume of logs using various formulae.
Text Books:
1. INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY by REDDY S.R., NAGAMANI C., KALYANI
PUBLISHERS
References:
1. FORESTS AND FORESTRY by K P SAGREIYA, NATIONAL BOOK TRUST, INDIA
(NBT)
2. A TEXT BOOK OF SILVICULTURE by A P DWIVEDI, INTERNATIONAL
BOOKHOUSE PVT. LTD

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