Introduction:

Agriculture is the backbone of our country.If we potentially utilized our waste land in proper & scientific way; we have to solve our poverty level & unemployment generation. The Social foresty mission is an economic and cultural resource and a source of social benefits to local communities supplying food, wood and medicine. It also offers environmental benefits providing habitats for animals and plants, regulating water resources, providing soil protection and moderating climatic conditions. There are also commercial opportunities based around forests such has eco-tourism, bio-prospecting and carbon trading.

Deforestation is a key environmental issue in world. Increased incidence of environment related problems due to deforestation have been observed in terms of loss of biodiversity, cultural integrity and carbon sinks, increased soil erosion, watershed degradation, and coral reef siltation and degradation

Eucalyptus belongs to the family Myrtaceae with about 300 species of the genus. The species is one of the fastest growing trees in the world and many species attain great heights. Eucalyptus amygdalin is the tallest known tree with specimens attaining a height of as much as 480 feet.

Basically, a native of Australia and Tasmania, Eucalyptus was introduced in India, by the British in 1843 in Nilgiri Hills as an experiment to find high yielding species for fuel and timber. It soon became a favoured species for the foresters/ commercial plantations, owing to its fast growth, non exacting, non- browseable and drought resistant nature and adaptability to a variety of agroclimatic conditions.