D.C. Kaith And Forestry In Manipur by Akham Bonbirdhwaja Singh

This book is about Mr. D.C. Kaith and his contribution towards laying foundation and shaping the course of Forestry in Manipur. It is a book written about forestry in Manipur particularly about starting of modern forestry including setting up of a Forest Department and circumstances leading to it. Mr. Kaith and his report on forests of Manipur has been very important phase in the forestry of Manipur. This book also deals with the impact of Kaith’s Report on the forest management in Manipur. While preparing his report, Mr. Kaith documented the earlier reports by his predecessors, Mr. Rowbotham, Mr. Milroy and Mr. Owden to which the later generation foresters do not have any chance of access. While describing the situation leading to preparation of his report (may read as plan also), Mr. Kaith had literally described the forestry scenario since Anglo Manipur War till the date of his appointment in 1932 and hence a detail account of the conditions of forests of those days can be seen. He laid down all the conditions and prerequisites for starting scientific management of forests and the author regards him as father of forestry in Manipur and his plan a masterpiece. The book has been formatted in a much larger paper size to accommodate a rare map and a number of pdf/jpg copies of very old documents exhibited in this book within the texts and as Appendix/Annexure. This book is a medium size book. It has been divided in to five parts, the first part is about the innumerable number of trips to various parts of the country and abroad the author made in search of any detail about Mr. Kaith, the works and life of the legendary forester and accounts of various incidences that the author came across while on the trail of Mr. Kaith. The second part of the book is on the technical forestry and requisites of scientific forest management and contains analysis of the key recommendations and prescriptions of Mr. Kaith.