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Forestry / Wildlife

What is Forestry?

  • Forestry is the art of studying about the forest and its resources and also managing the forest and its natural resources.

  • The people who manage these forests and natural resources are Foresters.

  • A forester can work in various fields like in industry, in urban park boards, in government agencies etc,

What are the specialisation areas in Forestry or after completing graduation in Forestry?

  • Forest officer

  • Operations Foresters

  • Natural resource technician

  • Senior forestry consultant

  • Auditor- Forestry

  • Forestry staff

  • Foresters silviculturist

Who are eligible to do Forestry?

A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on 1st August of the respective year of Preliminary Exam.

What are the skills sets required to be in this field?

  • Practical Instinct to realise a situation

  • Interest in the environment

  • Research outlook

  • Interested in taking up challenges

  • Physically fit 

  • Mental ability

  • Critical thinking

  • Problem solving skill

  • Survival skill

  • Adaptability

What are the growth prospects?

  • First, you need to clear your 12th degree with PCB, PCM or PCMB group. After that apply for the ICAR, which is the all India entrance exam for admission to the agricultural colleges that offer forestry courses. 

  • After completing the graduation in forestry (3 years). One can apply to the IFS (Indian forest service). This is conducted by the UPSC ( union public service commission)

  • The IFS exam after graduation is all completed in 3 steps Preliminary, Mains, Interview.

What are the salary expectations of Forestry?

  • In the forestry field, you will get the salary depending upon the zone in which you are working.

  • The salary pay in the forestry for government services depends upon the pay scale of the government in the area in which you are working.

  • Salary of Director General of Forests as per government scale Rs. 2, 25,000 per month.

  • Salary of Additional Director General of Forests as per government scale is Rs. 2, 05,400 per month.

  • Salary of Inspector General of Forests as per government scale is Rs. 1, 75,000  per month

  • Salary of Deputy Inspector General of Forests as per government scale is Rs. 1, 50,000 per month.

  • Salary of Assistant Inspector General of Forests as per government scale is Rs. 1, 18,500 per month.

  • Salary of Assistant Inspector General of Forests as per government scale is Rs. 78,800 per month.

  • Salary of Assistant Inspector General of Forests as per government scale is Rs. 67,700 per month.

  • Salary of Assistant Inspector General of Forests as per government scale is Rs. 56,100 per month.

Who are the top recruiters in Forestry?

  • After doing the course of forestry you can work as a forester in the various sectors. You can work in the Indian forest services, conducted by UPSC every year. Graduation is the minimum qualification for UPSC. 

  • You work in the land management agencies. These are the departments in which you work on administering the public land.

  • You can work as a plant health inspection officer. These are the officers who inspect the plants' health.

  • You also work in biotechnology firms.

  • You can work in the biological supply houses.

  • You can work in the seed and nursery companies.

Where can one study Forestry in India?

Popular colleges in India:

  • Tula's Institute Dehradun

  • Sai Institute of paramedical and allied sciences

  • BFIT Group of institutions

  • Integral university

Best colleges in India:

  • Govind Vallabh pant university of agriculture and technology, Uttrakhand

  • OPJS University, Churu

What are the books available for Forestry?

  • Objective Forestry: for all competitive examination 

  • Indian forestry a breakthrough approach to forest service: by S. Prabhu

  • Forestry - a subjective guide for IAS aspirants by K.T. Partibhan

  • R Gupta’s IFS Indian Forest Service Forestry Guide

  • Competitive Forestry by Uthappa A.R

  • Vikas Kumar: Question bank on Forestry 

  • Forestry Principles & Application by Antony Joseph Raj

Interesting Facts

  • According to the American Forest organisation, almost 48 pounds of carbon dioxide can be absorbed by a tree depending upon age, species, and environment.

  • According to a study by Yale University, 46 per cent of the total global forests have decreased from the time humans have been on the earth.