Forest Resource Management

This book is an outcome of love, labour, curiosity and experience of Dr. S.K. Rakshit. It provides an insight of richness and vastness of our forest resources. Dr. rakshit, as a teacher and researcher had deeply studied the importance, problems and prospects of forest resources of the sub-Himalayan North Bengal. The book is the first of it's kind to cover a comprehensive treasure of information on a wide variety of forest resources. Contents : Preface Introduction 1. Geographical Background 2. Assessment of Forest Resource 3. Status of Forest Resource Utilisation 4. Status of Marketing of Forest Resource 5. Forest as Aesthetic Resource 6. Potential of Forest Resource 7. Conservation of Forest Resource 8. Strategy for Future Management Annexure 1. Plantation Model Code 2. New National Forest Policy, 1988 3. Strip Plantation in Jalpaiguri Division 4. Glossary of Forest Management Term Bibliography