Forest Protection

Introduction:

Protection means shielding against something dangers which tend to destroy it.Thus forest protection means shielding forests against dangers which may either completely destroy it or at least damage it to such an extent that it may not to able to confer benefit it is expected to give.In other words,forest protection means branch of forestry which is concerned with the activities directed towards the prevention and control of damage to forest by man(including fire),animals,insects,fungi,injurious,plants and adverse climatic factors.

Entomology :It is the branch of biological sciences which deals with insects.The word is derived from two Greek words:Entomon-insects and logous-study.

Insect: It is the word derived from Latin word ‘insectum-to cut into’

Forest entomology :It is the branch of entomology dealing with tree insects.

Natural enemies:  These are predatory insects,nematodes,microbial,pathogens,such as bacteria,fungi,viruses,in maintaining another organisms at a lower average density than it would attain in their absence.

Predators: These are agents attack the pest externally and feed upon them there by reducing insect population.

Parasites: Many insects and non-insects parasites attack pests and feed upon their internal content ,the result is either weakening or killing of the prey.

Injury: Effect of insects activities on host physiology that is usually deleterious.

Damage: Measurable loss of host,mostly quantity ,quality or asthetics...