9th Class Social Science Forest Society & Colonialism Question Bank 9th CBSE Social Science Forest Society & Colonialism

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             Explain any four ideas of Dietrich Brandis for the management of forests in India during the British period. Or Who was Dietrich Brandis? Explain his achievement in India.  

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                      Four ideas of Dietrich Brandis for the management of forests in India are (i) Dietrich Brandis, a German expert, was appointed the first Inspector-General of Forests in India. (ii) He formulated new forest legislation and helped establish research and training institutions. The Imperial Forest Research Institute at Dehradun was founded by him in 1906. (iii) He set up the Indian Forest Service (IFS) in 1864 and helped to formulate the Indian Forest Act of 1865. (iv) He took an interest in the forest flora of North-West and Central India and Indian trees. He was among the earliest expert in India to formally link forest protection with local peoples.


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