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]
भारतीय वानिकी अनुसंधान एवं शिक्षा परिषद् | |
Motto | वनस्पतय: शान्ति: |
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Type | Autonomous Organisation |
Established | 1986 |
Parent institution | Ministry of Environment and Forests (India) |
Location | P.O. New Forest, Dehradun , , India 248006 30°20′43″N 78°00′08″E / 30.345192°N 78.002193°E |
Campus | Urban |
Acroonym | ICFRE (भा.वा.अ.शि.प.) |
Website | www.icfre.org |
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 (India), 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]
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]
Name | Photo | Acronym | Established | City | Jurisdiction | Website |
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Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan (a unit of RFRI) |
ARCBR | 2004 | Aizawl | Northeast India | www | |
Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development (satellite centre of TFRI) | CFRHRD | 1995 | Chhindwara | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha | www | |
Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation (a centre of ICFRE) |
CSFER | 1992 | Prayagraj | Eastern Uttar Pradesh, North Bihar, Vindhya Range | www | |
Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension[2][13] | CFLE | 2013 | Agartala | Tripura |
www.tripurainfo.com | |
Centre for Urban Forestry and Landscape Management (a centre of AFRI) |
UF&LM | (Planned) | Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
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