This is a comprehensive book covering the importance of the forests from the point of view of environment, production and generation of employment from the forestry sector. The different eco-units of Indian forests have been widely discussed. A comprehensive description of the National Forest Policy, 1988 and its appraisal is the unique feature of the book. It also discuss the forest development activities carried out in the VII Five-Year Plan and the programme proposed to be included in the VIII Five-Year Plan. The author also discuss the intimate relationship between forests and environment on one hand and forests and rural economy on the other and stress upon the role of social forestry and urban forestry to cater to the environmental problems of big cities and urban agglomerations and to solve the unemployment problem. In its ultimate analysis the author signifies the role of forests in the generation of income and creation of employment particularly in the rural sector.
The book would hopefully make indispensable ready for all planners, economists, environmentalists and the university students studying environmental science.
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