Forestry

Individuals

Dietrich Brandis 1824-1907 (Wikipedia) who was appointed Inspector General of Forests in India in 1864. Obituary

External links

• Developments in Forestry, British India from History of India, Indianetzone
• “British India’s forestry and modern environmentalism” by GN Sinha 2006. Htm version. Originally from SFRI

Historical books online

• Classified list of forest officers of the Imperial and Provincial services in India and Burma on 1st January 1916 Archive.org
• 100 years of Indian Forestry 1861-1961 Volume 1 by VS Rao 1961 Archive.org
• Experiences of a jungle-wallah by Hugh Nisbet 1910 Southeast Asia Visions. The author worked for the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation from 1879. The company logged teak in the Burma forests.

The company is mentioned evacuating the European families of its forest officers in 1942, in Songs of The Survivors, page 56, stories about the Goan community and the Trek Out of Burma in 1942.