Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Autonomous governmental agency

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)^[1][2][3] is an autonomous organisation^[4][5] or governmental agency under the MoEFCC, 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 Dehradun, Shimla, Ranchi, Jorhat, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Prayagraj, Chhindwara, Aizawl, Hyderabad and Agartala.^[6]

History

ICFRE is the largest organisation responsible for forestry research in India.^[2][7] ICFRE was created in 1986, under the Central Ministry of Environment and Forests (Indians), to direct and manage research and education in forestry sector in India.^{[citation needed]} ICFRE is headed by a Director General with headquarters at Dehradun.^{[citation needed]} ICFRE became an autonomous council under the Ministry in 1991.^[8]

Mandate

The mandate of the ICFRE is to organise, direct and manage research and education in the forestry sector,^[9] including in cooperation with FORTIP (UNDP^[10]/FAO Regional Forest Tree Improvement Project), UNDP and World Bank on economically important species. ICFRE established a National Bureau of Forest Genetic Resources (NBFGR)^[11][12]

Research perspective

• Conservation, protection, regeneration, rehabilitation and sustainable development of natural forest ecosystems.
• Revegetation of barren, waste, marginal and mined lands.
• Research on tree improvement.
• Enhancing productivity of 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.^{[citation needed]}

Research institutes

Advanced research Centres

See also

• India portal
• Trees portal

• 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

1. "Welcome to Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - An Autonomous Body of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India". ICFRE. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
2. "Items of Work Handled | Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India". Envfor.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Research and Training (Forestry) (RT)". Ministry of Environment & Forests. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
5. "Autonomous Bodies | Union Government | Government of India Web Directory". Goidirectory.nic.in. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
6. "About ICFRE". Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
7. "S&T Institutes |Central Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India". Envfor.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
8. Government of India. (n.d.). "Ministry wise List of Central Autonomous Bodies under the audit jurisdiction of DAI (RC&LB) audited under section 19(2) and 20(1) of DPC Act 1971." Archived 9 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 25 August 2014.
9. "FAO Country Profiles:India". Fao.org. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
10. "UNDP in India". In.undp.org. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
11. "National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources". Nbfgr.res.in. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
12. "State of Forest Genetic Resources Conservation and Management in India". Fao.org. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
13. "The first news, views & information website of TRIPURA". Tripurainfo. 14 September 2013. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Ministry of Environment and Forests
• India.gov.in/moef
• National Portal of India
• dehradun.nic.in
• Indian Institute of Forest Management