World Forestry Day is celebrated around the world on March 21 every year to venerate the contribution of forests to our healthy living. The lust for commercialization has resulted in reckless felling of trees; this event, therefore, rings a bell about the importance of forests and the need of creating them.
On the occasion of World Forest Day, let’s take a look at some of the courses available in one of the major natural resources, forests and their integral part, wildlife. There are various short term courses also offered in forestry and wildlife in India, some of the major courses are:
• B.Sc. Forestry
• M.Sc. Sericulture or M.B.M.
• B.Sc wildlife
• M.Sc. Forestry (Eco & Mgt)
• M.Sc. Wildlife
• M.Sc. in Wood Science and Technology
• P.G. Diploma in Pulp & Paper Technology
• P.G. Diploma in Plantation Technology
Various institutes in India offering courses on forestry and wildlife include the following:
• Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi
• Forestry Research Institute, DehraDun
• Indian Institute of Forest Management, Nehru Nagar, Bhopal
• Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneshwar
• Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, DehraDun
• Tamilnadu Agricultual University, Coimbatore
• Osmania University, Administrative building, Hyderabad
• College of Agriculture, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka
• College of Agriculture, Hissar Haryana
• College of Agriculture, Ludhiana, Punjab
• College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara, Trichur, Kerala,
• Gujarat Agricultural University , Sardar Krushinagar
• Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, Haryana
• JawaharlaNehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur
The basic eligibility for taking up forestry and wildlife courses at undergraduate level is 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
The employment options in forest and wildlife conservation could be as:
Foresters, dendrologists, entomologists, ethologists, silviculturists, forest range officers and zoo curators among others like research and teaching jobs.
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