OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the Forest Act was enacted in 1865, it was emended twice, once in 1878 and then in 1927. The 1878 Act divided forests into three categories reserved, protected and village forests.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most famous one was the Indian Forest Act of 1878. Both the 1878 act and the 1927 act sought to consolidate and reserve the areas having forest cover, or significant wildlife, to regulate movement and transit of forest produce, and duty leviable on timber and other forest produce.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Forest Act of 1878 divided Indian forests into reserved forests (completely government controlled), protected forests (partly government controlled), and village forests (controlled by abutting villages).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Act led to the establishment of the Imperial Forest Service in 1867, which remained responsible for forest management in India until the end of British rule.