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Indian Council Of Forestry Research And Education

The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is an autonomous organisation 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.

History

ICFRE is the largest organisation responsible for forestry research in India. 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. 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 (UNDP/FAO Regional Forest Tree Improvement Project), 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 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.

Research institutes

Institute and their locations, sorted alphabetically
Name	Acronym	Established	City	Jurisdiction	Website
Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI)	ICFRE-AFRI	1988	Jodhpur	Rajasthan, Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli	afri.res.in
Forest Research Institute (FRI)	ICFRE-FRI	1906	Dehradun	Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab	fri.icfre.gov.in
Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI)	ICFRE-HFRI	1977	Shimla	Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir	hfri.icfre.gov.in
Institute of Forest Biodiversity (IFB)	ICFRE-IFB	2012	Hyderabad	Telangana, Maharashtra	ifb.icfre.gov.in
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB)	ICFRE-IFGTB	1988	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Puducherry	ifgtb.icfre.gov.in#/
Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP)	ICFRE-IFP	1993	Ranchi	Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim	web.archive.org
Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST)	ICFRE-IWST	1938	Bengaluru	Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa	iwst.icfre.gov.in#/
Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI)	ICFRE-RFRI	1988	Jorhat	Northeast India	rfri.icfre.gov.in
Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI)	ICFRE-TFRI	1988	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha	tfri.icfre.gov.in

Advanced research Centres