CHAPTER 12
Institutionalizing Forestry Research in India: The Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, 1906–47
Sudha Vasan
Forestry has always had a serious crisis of identity in India, between being a legitimate science worthy of research and being merely a practice of science. Since at least the mid-nineteenth century, there has been a public recognition of the importance of forestry practice in India. That is, recognition of the need to manage forests systematically or scientifically to ensure a steady supply of forest produce essential for the development of society. Some of the impetus for this thinking came from the increasing demand for timber following the industrial boom, and the consequent perception of the scarcity of forest produce, ...
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