B. L. Das

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The paper traces the changing face of the Indian Forester over 125 years of his existenee. The forester, initially starting as adventure and surveyor, graduate to the role of Police Officer and Magistrate by the beginning of the present century. His scientific acumen came into being in the beginning of the present century when his role as a silviculturists came to the fore, he was increasingly involved in afforestation and forest utilisation from 1925 onwards. The paper extensively analyses Sh. G.G. Takle's role in providing leadership to Indian forestry. The paper enlists the dawn of social forestry as a land mark in need based forest management. Recent advances in forest administration are also highlighted. Forest protection is seen as the most serious challenge being faced by the forester of the day.

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B. L. Das

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The paper summarises the experiences of growing tropical pines in the State of Orissa tried at elevations between 700 to 950 m. The main species tried are Pinus kesiya, P. caribaea (all three varieties), P.oocarpa and P. patula among some others like P. rediata etc. It has been shown that P. caribaea is the most suitable species followed by P. kestya. The performance of P. patula and P.oocarpa needs further observation while P. radiata should not be tried further. Among the P. carlbaea varieties, the hondurensis variety shows fastest growth followed by var. bahamensis and var. caribaea. Though at higher altitudes Daringabadi (945 m) var. bahamensis may show better growth. However. the form exhibited by var. hahamensis is consistently and uniformly superior followed by var. caribaea; var. hondurensis shows great variation with many individuals of poor form. The author has made a strong plea for selecting better stands is the natural forests of P. kesiya in Meghalaya etc. and start a programme on genetic improvement as this species holds promise if stem form could be improved.

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B. L. Das

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B. L. Das

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The problem of proper land use for increasing production has become important in the country in recent years. The paper deals with some aspects of land use both in agriculture and forestry practices and also describes some of the observations made by the author in Europe and U.S.A. during 1960-61.

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B. L. Das

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As a country progresses in its industrial development, its water requirement increases very rapidly. Sound watershed management aims at increasing the usable water yield. In this article, some of the principles of water yield control have been discussed and attention has been focussed on the hydrological role of vegetation on prevention of flood flows.

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B. L. Das

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Orissa is in a state of rapid industrializations and forest based industries play an important role in the State's economy as also the economy of the whole country. Tropical pines as a source of raw material are not only suitable but also offer multipurpose industrial use. Hence the necessity of their introduction in the State. The various tropical pines and other conifers that have hence introduced in the State and the State and the measure of success achieved in each case is described in detail in this article.

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