India has decided to put a financial value on its forests: Rs115 trillion, or an astounding $1.7 trillion.
This is lower than India’s GDP, pegged at $2.1 trillion, but higher than the GDPs of countries such as Canada, Korea, Mexico or Russia.
What are the 2 main types of wood
There are two main types of wood – hardwoods and softwoods. Hard woods come from broad leaved trees.
These trees have flowers and produce seeds such as nuts and fruit).
Is forestry hard to study
Forestry is far beyond planting trees or climbing a mountain. Studying forestry is very challenging, it encompasses all fields of studies from biology to engineering.
What is the salary for BSc forestry
The BSc Forestry graduates can work as an Assistant manager, Nursery Manager, Farming manager,Agri-Credit Manager, Farming Manager or teacher by joining a public or private institute.
The average salary of the BSc Forestry ranges between INR 3 lakh to 7 lakhs per annum.
What are 10 things we get from forest?
- Honey
- Wild Meat
- Fruits
- Mushroom
- Palm Wine
- Palm Oil
- Cola Nuts
- Wood Raw Material
How can we conserve forest?
- Introducing afforestation programs
- Controlling forest fires
- Proper utilization of forest resources
- Proper care should be taken to protect the forests from pests and diseases
Who is known as the forest Man of India
Jadav Molai Payeng is a forest worker in the Jorhat district of Assam and participated in the social forestry program in 1976 at the age of 16.
He is also known as the “Forest man of India”.
Which state of India has 90% area under the forest
The Union Territory of Lakshadweep has the highest forest cover of 90.33%
What are the three main categories of forests
The word forest broadly describes an area that has a large number of trees.
There are three general types of forest that exist: temperate, tropical, and boreal.
What are the 4 types of forest?
- Tropical
- Subtropical
- Temperate
- Boreal
Which is the biggest forest in the India
Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra.
What is the strongest wood to build with
The lumber industry uses a scale called the Janka Rating System. This scale measures and ranks the relative hardness of wood.
Hickory is the hardest, commercially available common wood. Next in line are pecan, hard maple and white oak.
Which tree is king of the forest
King-of-the-forest definition The oak tree
Which type of vegetation is most important economically
As per the economic resource pooling of India, the tropical Deciduous forests are the best ones in terms of export, import and revenue.
Which is king of forest
Lion is known as the king of the jungle.
Why forests are called green lungs
The plants release oxygen through the process of photosynthesis. The plants help to provide oxygen to animals for respiration.
They also maintain the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. That is why forests are called green lungs.
What percentage does a logger take
Profit margins for the supplier average 3 to 5.5 percent. In general, a profit margin reflects the amount of value added to the product during processing and the amount of risk associated with the endeavor.
While loggers do not technically add value to the timber they process and deliver, they do turn trees into logs.
Which country has the most trees
As per the figures published in Nature journal, Russia is the world’s tree leader with 642 billion trees followed by Canada (318-361 billion trees), Brazil (302-338 billion), the United States (222-228 billion), and China (140-178 billion).
What are the 4 main sectors of the agriculture industry
Agribusiness sub- sector has four main market entities, these are: agricultural input suppliers, farmer-producers, processor-wholesaler-distributors, and retailers.
Each of these establishments has its own unique contribution for the whole agribusiness system to work.
How long should logs be cut
Three to six inches is plenty. Remember, since most logs taper, and many logs have at least a little sweep (curve) you will generally get more useable wood from two 8′ logs than you will from one 16′ log.
While it is possible to mill logs shorter than 6′ long, it gets much more difficult the shorter they get.
When was first forest Day celebrated
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012 to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests.
Why there is no waste in forest
When the plants and animals die in the forest, this is considered as waste.
When they die, the microorganisms present in the soil helps to convert the waste into hummus or nutrients for the soil which in turn used by plants.
And, therefore forest doesn’t contain any waste materials.
What are the 7 sectors in agriculture
The agriculture industry in India has been segregated into 17 major sectors, including farming, agriculture equipment, fertilizers, pesticides, warehousing, cold chain, food processing, dairy market, floriculture, apiculture, sericulture, seeds, fisheries, poultry, animal husbandry, animal feed, and bio-agriculture.
Who is the father of agroforestry
Agroforestry was formally outlined in the early 20th century by American economic geographer J. Russell Smith in his book Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture (1929).
Smith viewed tree-based “permanent agriculture” as a solution to the destructive erosion that often followed the cultivation of sloping lands.
References
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258559864_Marketing_of_Forest_Products_in_a_Changing_World
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354280269_Teak_The_King_of_Timbers
https://unece.org/forests/forest-products-markets
