Indian forests face a number of problems which are both natural and man-made. Some of the major problems are:
- Inadequate and dwindling forest cover.
- Low productivity
- Nature of forests and their uneconomical utilisation
- Lack of transport facilities
- Forest fires
- Plant diseases, insects and pests
- Obsolete methods of lumbering and sawing
- Lack of commercial forests
- Lack of scientific techniques
- Undue concessions to tribals and local people
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