INTRODUCTION:
The Forests of Sunderbans are constituted of a total of 3,953
square miles of which 2,316 square miles belong to East Pakistan . Out of
2,316 Square miles, the land area is J,OO6,O6O acres, of which 939,820 acres
are productive forest lands

The part of Bengal bounded by the river system
Brahmaputra-Jamuna-Ganges to its North is generally known as
, North Bengal. The portion of North Bengal which came to Pakistan
and ’’Khiar”. ’Poli’
after independence of the country inherited small’areas of
natural forests. The scope of this papfer is limited to the
Pakistan portion of the North Bengal. Of the five Civil
Districts of North-Bengal namely, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dinaj pur,
Pabna and Bogra, there is no forest at all in Pabna and Bogra.
About 85.5%: of the forest areas are situated at Dinajpur
district, 11,6 at Rangpur District. but* contiguous to the
, r ’ ‘• ■ ■ Dina.jpur forests and 2.5% at Rajshahi. The.forests of the
present Rajshahi district were also the part of undivided
Dinajpur district but became intercepted due to partition of
Dinajpur district-at the time of Independence.

Introduction :
leL.O./F.A.O. Course on forest working techniques and
training of forest works for countries in Asia and the Far East
was spread over four weeks. The first week was devoted only.jln
lectures, the next two weeks to field demonstrations of the operations already covered in class room lectures and the last week to
final reviewing of the previous lectures and the field demonstrations. The course covered the following subjects :
Timber cruising and marking,
Road planning and building,
Timber felling techniques with hand tools and with power saws,
Timber skidding, yarding and swinging,
Timber transportation by trucks,
Use & maintenance of hand tools, power saws & heavy equipments,
Timber grading and scaling,
Medical problems of iorest workers,
Need for vocational training of forest workers,
Work studies in forest operations.

Forestry research and education are loosely combined and are
located at buba about 12 miles south of Khartum . The Forest Education
and Research Centre at ouba was developed under the UNbF assistance.
• It consists of the seed certification laboratory, timber testing
laboratory, research nursery and the arboretum is located in the
“Green belt” which has been specially planted to protect Khartum city
from hot desiccating winds .

What is Paper?
Paper is a common and familiar material used in our day
to day work. The precariat production and consumption of paper
in a country reflect the extent of development of tha.t country.
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Paper is so much co-related to us that we cannot dream of happy
and worthy life without it. Our knowledge remains self-centered
if we fail to have some idea about this important pillar of
civilization.

Introduction
Eucalyptus is a large genus of family wyrtaceae which
comprises over 500 species, varieties and hybrids. Most of the
species are indigenous to Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea and the
neighboring islands, where they constitute a large portion of
forest vegetation. This being one of the large genera, a great
number of classification schemes have been proposed since its discovery but the system now in use and universally accepted is based
on shape of the anthers.
Eucalyptus are among the world’s important hard woods
and the principal source of timber in Australia. Besides, Eucalyptus oil has got also much importance in commerce. Cultivation of
Eucalyptus got momentum due to its commercial importance throughout the world. Further, rapid growth, ease in cultivation and adoptability have also helped much in wide spread introduction into
many countries specially those poorly endowed with forest resources.
This plant has become such an important factor in the economy of
some countries that millions of trees are now being planted each
year throughout the world.

The note presented here is the first in a series giving preliminary data from the insect collections made by the staff of the
Entomology Section, Forest Research Institute, Chittagong. The major part
of the insects were set and preserved by Mr. Abdul Majid, Insect Setter,
who also took an active part in much of the field collection work •
Since the start of the Entomology Section in July, the
basis of reference collection of insects has been laid . Such collection
of insects from the forested areas of East Pakistan has previously not
been present in the province and is essential for all future forest
entomological work to be carried but, in biology , as well as in control
and extension service .

Introduction
In East Pakistan due to various pressure on the sal
forests, the original crop lias deteriorated further in its
genetic composition, bo vigorous attempts have to be made to
Shorea robusta’, a member of the genus Shorea, belongs
to the family Dipte.rocarpaceae0 Sal (local name) occupies
two main regions of the subcontinent (separated by gangetAc
plain) the Northern and the Central region of Indo-Pakistan,
In East Pakistan it occurs in three areas Dacca, Mymensingh
and Dinajpur-Kangpure Dacca-Mymensingh sal is the tail end
of the Eastern range following Garo Hills of Assam (India)
where_as the Dinajpur-Kangpur sal is the continum of Bengal
Duars.