The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is an autonomous organisation or government agency, governmental agency under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (India), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Headquartered in Dehradun, its functions are to conduct forestry research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies; and to impart forestry education. The council has 9 research institutes and 4 advanced centres to cater to the research needs of different bio-geographical regions. These are located at Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun, Shimla, Ranchi, Jorhat, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Prayagraj, Chhindwara, Aizawl, Hyderabad and Agartala.

History

ICFRE is the largest organisation responsible for forestry research in India. ICFRE was created in 1986, under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Central Ministry of Environment and Forests (India), to direct and manage research and education in forestry sector in India. ICFRE is headed by a Director General with headquarters at Dehradun. ICFRE became an autonomous council under the Ministry in 1991.

Mandate

The mandate of the ICFRE is to organise, direct and manage research and education in the forestry sector, including in cooperation with FORTIP (United Nations Development Programme, UNDP/FAO Regional Forest Tree Improvement Project), United Nations Development Programme, UNDP and World Bank on economically important species. ICFRE established a National Bureau of Forest Genetic Resources (NBFGR)

Research perspective

* Conservation, protection, regeneration, rehabilitation and sustainable development of natural forest ecology, forest ecosystems. * Revegetation of barren, waste, marginal and mined lands. * Research on tree breeding, tree improvement. * Enhancing productivity of Forest produce (India), wood and non-wood forest produce per unit of area per unit time by application of scientific and technological methods. * Research on improved utilisation, recovery and processing of forest produce for value addition and employment generation. * Ecological rehabilitation of all fragile ecosystems, such as mountains, mangroves, deserts etc. * Socio-economic and policy research for developing strategies towards attracting people's participation in forest management.

Research institutes

Advanced research centres

* Afforestation * Air pollution in India * Central Pollution Control Board * Communal forests of India * Conservation reserves and community reserves of India * Director General of Forests * Environmental issues in India * Forest management * Forest produce (India) * Forest range officer * Forest Survey of India * Indian Forest Act, 1927 * Indian Forest Service * Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) * Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards * Joint Forest Management * List of forest research institutes * List of forest research institutes in India * Reserved forests and protected forests of India * Social forestry in India * Tropical rainforests of India * Urban forestry * Wildlife Institute of India (WII) * Wildlife of India * Rain Forest Research Institute

References

External links

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Ministry of Environment and Forests

India.gov.in/moef

National Portal of India

dehradun.nic.in

Indian Institute of Forest Management
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