The Indian Forester (IF)

The Indian Forester is a Fountain of Information and learning which nourishes and enlightens the entire community's of foresters and scientists on scientific forestry and allied disciplines in the country. During its career of 150 years, it has taken an honorable place as one of the world's pioneers in Scientific Forestry. It is the oldest journal on tropical forestry and has been very closely associated with the science of forestry with distinction for the country. The issues of 150 years (Vol.1 to 150) have published thousands articles on all aspects of scientific forestry. The Indian Forester has always endeavoured to provide its readers, the information regarding the latest Research & Developments in the country on topical issues by bringing out Special issues on topics such as Conservation, Eucalyptus, Earth Summit, Vegetative Propagation, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Teak (Tectona Grandis), Wild Life Conservation, Neem, Agro forestry, Participatory Forestry Management, Environment, Poplar, Wood, Energy, Social Forestry, Bamboo, Medicinal Plants and Climate Change. The Indian Forester, started its career as the outcome of a resolution of the forestry conference held at Allahabad in January 1874. The moving spirits in this venture were dedicated foresters like Baden–Powell, Laird, Gamble and Smythies under the able guidance of Dr. Brandis who was the then Inspector General of Forests, with Dr. Schlich as the first honorary editor of The Indian Forester. The credit for the success of the journal goes to stalwarts like Sir D. Brandis, Schlich, Pearson, Ribbentrop, Gamble, Wroughten, Lace, Wilmot, and other dedicated foresters. After independence, officers like S.K. Seth, R.C. Ghosh and many other illustrious officers continued the tradition. We have also compiled the research articles published in Indian Forester in last 150 years and have put this useful and valuable data on CDs with searching and browsing applications for the benefit of scientists, researchers, officers in the field, and those who are interested. The Indian Forester, a pioneer in forestry journalism had the good fortune of witnessing the flowering and seeding of some of the gregariously phenomena of biological classification of plantations to a grand scale. With regard to rhizome of the great tasks performed by the founder and the journal a preview of history of The Indian Forester is as : Sir Dietrich Brandis (The Founder): Sir Dietrich Brandis was born in April 1st, 1824, at Bonn, being the son of Dr. Christian Brandis, Professor of Philosophy in the University of that place. He was educated at the universities of Copenhagen, Gottingen and Bonn. In 1849, he established himself as "Privatdocent" in Botany at Bonn. While he thus started his life as a Botanist, during his botanical excursions his attention was soon turned to questions connected with the management of forests.

The Indian Forester (IF) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Conservation, Eucalyptus, Earth Summit, Vegetative Propagation, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Teak (Tectona Grandis), Wild Life Conservation, Neem, Agro forestry, Participatory Forestry Management, Environment, Poplar, Wood, Energy, Social Forestry, Bamboo, Medicinal Plants , Online or Print , Monthly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0019-4816, E-ISSN: 2321-094X, Established: 1874,
• Provides Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE