The first Inspector General of Forests in India was Dietrich Brandis. He was a German specialist. He had following views about forest management.
- Brajidis realised that proper system had to be introduced to manage the forests and people had to be trained in the science of conservation.
- Under this system, legal sanctions had to be implemented.
- Rules about the use of forests had to be framed.
- Forests could be preserved for timber production. Falling of trees and grazing had to be restricted.
- Anybody who cut trees without following the system had to be punished.
To implement his ideas Brandis established Indian Forest Service in 1964 and helped in formulating the Indian Forest Act 1865. Imperial Forest Research Institutions was set up at Dehradun in 1905. The system they taught here was scientific forestry. Later on many people felt that this system is not scientific at all.
