Trails of a Forester : Fragrance of Service in Forestry and Wildlife Conservation

Shri B.M.T. Rajeev is a former Indian Forest Service officer of Karnataka (South India).His book Trails of a Forester is an autobiographical narration of various thrilling and life-changing incidents and anecdotes in episodes vividly capturing each and every milestone of his long and distinguished career. It dwells with his experience in the field of forestry and wildlife conservation as an executive, supervisor and an executive head with prevailing conditions, challenges and opportunities in the forest service and its administration a few decades back and the socio-political milieu of those times.He has added a gist of his early life and a chapter on his travelogue in the famous Protected Areas abroad, which makes the book an interesting read as a jungle lore. He has been a freelance writer since 1985 and an author on wildlife, forest and environmental issues. His vision for control of invasive toxic weeds in Protected Areas and plea for additions to schedules of wild animals have been accommodated in amendment 2022 to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.His other books seen in publications are -1. Glimpses of Indian Wildlife - 20092. Biofuel Trees (Co-author - Kannada) - 20133. Art of Indian Wildlife Management (Kannada) - 20154. Hand Book of Indian Wild Animals (Kannada) - 20185. Environmental Pollution & Climate Change (Kannada) - 2021