FWT-1102: Introduction to Forestry and Forest Environment Sessional; 1Credit

The course include orientation tours to different environmentally important area

s including forest areas of Sundarbans, road side plantations, agroforestry and
block plantations, related institutions and industries to acquaint students with
different environmental and forestry activities, and preparation of reports.
FWT-1103: Forest Botany; 2 Credit
Section - A
1. Introduction to Forest Botany: The plant kingdom, importance of plants,
scope of botany; importance of studying different branches of botany with spe
cial reference to forestry.
2. Reproductive Biology in Higher Plants: Pollination-Definition, types and
agents with special reference to important mangrove and plain land forest speci
es of Bangladesh.
3. Fertilization: Process and development of embryos and endosperms, disper
sal of fruits and seeds with special emphasis on important forest species.
4. Phytogeography: Phytogeograpic divisions of world flora; important fores
t types of Bangladesh, salient features of hydrophytes, xerophytes, halophytes
and mesophytes and their adaptations.
5. Mushroom- culture: History, development & techniques of mushroom cultiva
tion in Bangladesh.