Reserved Forests* & *Protected Forests* were introduced in India through Indian Forest Act 1927 .

I)The fulldetailsregarding the“Reserved forests” &“Protected Forests”are given under IndianForest act 1927, in Chapter (II) & (IV) respectively.

II)The main difference between these two categories of forests is that; In reserved foreststhe activities like grazing, haunting etc. aregenerally bannedunlesspermissionis granted for a particular reason. But in case of protected forests, mostly all these activities areallowed unless banned specifically.

III)As per IFA 1927, any forest land or wasteland that is Govt. Property &hasn't been specified as reserved forest, can be declared as Protected forest as per provisions of chapter(IV) under IFA 1927.

IV)And also, the state govt. has thepowertodeclare any protected forest( or some trees of it) to be reserved forests onwards(means state govt. is entitled with the power to do convertions as per provisions)by the official notification in Gazette.

V)Protected Forests are oftenupgraded to the status of wildlife sanctuaries & then to National Parks with increase in govt.funding & protection with each higher category.