A COMPENDIUM OF FORESTRY       
                   PG SEMINARS  
                 ACADEMIC YEAR 
                 (2018-19 to 2020-21) 
                             
                                         
                             
                             
              COLLEGE OF FORESTRY 
      NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 
                 NAVSARI - 396 450 
       “A substantive, thorough, sophisticated literature review is a precondition for doing substantive, 
                        thorough, sophisticated research” ( Boote and Beile, 2005) 
      
                                                                                                       
           
           
          Compiled By        
                         Dr. Narender Singh Thakur 
                           P.G.Seminar Coordinator (Forestry) & 
                      Assistant Professor (Agroforestry) 
                      College of Forestry, NAU, Navsari  
                        
                        
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          Published By  
                 
                       Principal 
                       College of Forestry  
                       Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 
           
           
           
           
          Financial support:  This document is published with the financial support from Plan 
                                Project   entitled   “Strengthening  of  College  of  Forestry”             
                                (BH-12952), CoF, NAU, Navsari. 
           
           
           
          © All rights reserved to Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 
                July, 2021                              
                                                    
                       
     Dr. P.K. Shrivastava 
     Dean  
     Faculty of Forestry 
     Navsari Agricultural University 
                                                
                               
                               
                        FOREWORD 
                               
        Forestry education in India as a part of NARES began in 1985 in SAUs whereas in 
     Navsari  Agricultural  University  under  the  aegis  of  ASPEE  College  of  Horticulture  and 
     Forestry (ACHF), B.Sc. (Forestry) programme started in 1988. M.Sc. Forestry teaching started 
     in 1992 with specilaisation in Agroforestry later in 2006 added Ph.D Forestry programme 
     with  speciliastion  Agroforestry  and  Ecology  and  further  widended  with  addition  of  other 
     speciliastion  of  Forest  Genetic  Resources,  Forest  Biotechnology,  Medicinal  and  Aromatic 
     Plants,  Wood  Science  and  Technology,  Watershed  management,  etc.  As  per  V  Dean’s 
     Committee recommendation, the nomenclature of PG programme has been modified and 
     providing PG degree in Forestry with specialization in SAF, FBT, FPU, NRM and WS. Forests 
     and trees are the major contributors for human welfare by providing diverse wood and non 
     wood  products  as  well  as  essential  environmental  services  for  survival  of  mankind. 
     Development  of  technologies  and  recommendations  related  to  forestry,  agroforestry, 
     medicinal  plants,  NRM  and  nursery/  propagation  are  essential  for  the  productivity 
     enhancement and diversification of Indian agriculture. Its being the only Forestry College 
     under SAUs of the Gujarat, the responsibility and accountability for improvement and way 
     ahead in field of forestry or agroforestry lies on the strong shoulders of the NAU foresters. 
        The first time current compilation of “A compendium of Forestry PG Seminars” is a 
     good step to document the academic worth and knowledge generated by PG students and to 
     have a ready material of reference for new PG students and faculty. This kind of regular 
     documentation of information at institute level is hepful to  analyse the the past topics and 
     plan a improved version for future needs.  
        I  congratulate  the  P.G.  Seminar  Coordinator  (Forestry)  for  compiling  the  “A 
     compendium of Forestry PG Seminars” document for reference. I wish this document will 
     fulfill  the  academic  and  practical  use  of  all  stakeholders,  students,  teachers  and  other 
     academicians interested in the field of forestry. 
                                               
                                                    
                                          (P.K. Shrivastava) 
                                                    
      
                                           A Compendium of Forestry PG Seminars 
                       Credit Seminar Substantativeness 
            “A substantive, thorough, sophisticated literature review is a precondition for 
         doing substantive, thorough, sophisticated research” (Boote and Beile 2005), quote 
         suites very well in professional courses of agricultural sciences as it involved 
         testing  of  aspects  which  already  well  explored.    One  way  it  is  easy  to 
         understand but difficult to convince the theoretically as it directly linked to 
         agriculture or forestry or natural landscape. Farming quotient (FQ) or farming 
         intelligence  (FI)  is  required  to  an  optimum  level  to  play  with  agricultural 
         landscape. Similary in naural resources or forest sciences an equal level of 
         connectivity and closeness is prerequisite to explore the new vistas of science. 
         There  are  numerous  topics,  themes,  micro  themes/  aspects  which  still  are 
         unexplored or untested due to there vary nature existence. These all aspects 
         can be reviewd, researched and compiled to give an insight of different natural 
         science  phenomenon  and  interaction  of  biological  activity.  Many  times 
         reviewing a new topic or aspects opens various dimnensions to work upon and 
         catch  the  solutions.  The  curosity  of  discovering  any  new  field  is  genesis  of 
         scientific temparament. Authors of manuscripts treat writing a literature review as a 
         routine  work  or  a  mere  formality.  But  a  seasoned  one  knows  the  purpose  and 
         importance of a well-written literature review.  Since it is one of the basic needs for 
         researches at any level, they have to be done vigilantly. Only then the reader will know 
         that the basics of research have not been neglected. Forestry is one such discipline 
         which not just a biological science but an amalgamation of various aspects of 
         physical, chemical and social sciences. Forest and people bonding is since the 
         evolution  of  humanbeing  as  former  being  its  saver.  Later  when  man  start 
         domestication  of  crops  and  livestock,  forests  became  foster  mother  of 
         agriculture. Now the situation is alarmed with increase in population, depleting 
         envrionment  and  eroding  values  of  environmental  ethics.  The  current 
         compilation of Forestry PG seminar topics  is one such verses which deal above 
         mention  surround  and  a  glimpse  of  our  efforts  to  reconcile  ourselves  by 
         selecting such topics and presenting to the audience.  
            There are many things in the structured PG course currlicuum of ICAR to 
         engage,  knowledge  and  professionate  a  post  gaudate  students.  In  PG 
         programmes other than regular assignments of the courses, the research and 
         ceredit  seminar has a special reference. The selection of topic, collection of 
         contents, reviews, arranging the contents in a continum of theme, analyzing 
         the reviwed papers, preparing the audio visuals tamplets and finally presenting 
         to academic gathering  requires proper planning. Unlike the other seminar/ 
         symposiums where one present his or her own research and get interacted, in 
         credit seminar presenter review others works and summarisng the presentation 
         which would be evaluated. The onus of the work done by other scientist on a 
         particular topic is on your shoulder to face first yourself and then the academic 
         fraternity / collogues/ peers. Many times a good compilation of information 
         serve  knowledge  enhancement  of  the  audience  and  a  compliment  to  the 
         presenter. There are instances when students show their casual approach to 
         credit seminar and without proper review and homework land in an awkward