FOKEST PEOTECTION. 



INTKODUCTION. 



1. DEFINITION OF THE TERM FOREST PROTECTION. 



FORESTS may be protected by two agencies : 



By the State, through laws and regulations made for the 

 general welfare of the country and forming the subject of 

 Forest Law. 



By the Owner of the forest, in his private capacity ; only 

 this part of the subject comes under the term Forest Protection, 

 which may therefore be defined as follows : 



Forest Protection lias for its object, the security of forests, 

 as far as lies within the power of their owners, against unfavour- 

 able external influences. 



The measures to be taken in order to protect a forest 

 may be : 



Preventive or remedial, according as their object is to ward 

 off certain dangers, or to remedy evils which the forest has 

 already incurred. 



The essential conditions of successful Forest Protection 

 are : 



Knowledge of the phenomena and causes of all damage 

 which may threaten forests. 



Knowledge of the available preventive and remedial 

 measures. 



A proper application of the above knowledge to any special 

 case of damage which may arise. 



2. POSITION OF FOREST PROTECTION IN FORESTRY. 



The position of Forest Protection in the science of forestry 

 will be seen from the following considerations : 



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