Rain Forest Research Institute

{{Short description|Research institute in Jorhat, Assam, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

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| name = ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute (ICFRE-RFRI)

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| caption = Main entrance of ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute

| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1988}}

| type = Education and Research institute

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| free = ICFRE-RFRI

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| director = Dr. Nitin Kulkarni{{Cite web|title=DIRECTORY|url=https://rfri.icfre.gov.in/directory|access-date=2023-02-03|website=rfri.icfre.gov.in}}

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| city = {{flagicon|India}} P.O. Box No-136, A.T.Road (East) Jorhat

| state = Assam

| country = India

| coor = {{Coord|26.782412 | 94.294161 |type:edu|display=inline, title}}

| campus = Rural

| parent = ICFRE

| website = {{URL|http://rfri.icfre.gov.in/}}

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Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI){{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Rain Forest Research Institution, Jorhat Assam |url=http://rfri.icfre.gov.in/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706013552/http://rfri.icfre.gov.in/ |archive-date=2023-07-06 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=rfri.icfre.gov.in}} is a research institute situated in Jorhat in Assam. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE){{cite web |url=http://www.icfre.org// |title=ICFRE home page |accessdate=2014-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811000115/http://www.icfre.org/ |archivedate=2002-08-11 }} of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.{{Cite web |title=The Official Website of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India |url=https://moef.gov.in/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=moef.gov.in}}

As of January 2022, there are a total of 51 members in this research institute, at present, there are three departments here, that are, the Department of Biotechnology, the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Entomology.

Some recent publications include:-

• Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment{{Citation|last1=Ranjan|first1=Prem|title=Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment|date=2022-01-01|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356981176|pages=53–74|isbn=978-3-030-86168-1|access-date=2022-01-28|last2=Maithani|first2=Damini|last3=Suyal|first3=Deep Chandra|last4=Singh|first4=Anup|last5=Giri|first5=Dr. Krishna|last6=Sharma|first6=Vijay|last7=Soni|first7=Ravindra}}
• Recent Advances in Direct C−H Trifluoromethylation of N‐Heterocycles{{Cite journal|last1=Baishya|first1=Gakul|last2=Dutta|first2=Nibedita|date=2021-12-20|title=Recent Advances in Direct C−H Trifluoromethylation of N‐Heterocycles|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357052401|journal=ChemistrySelect|volume=6|issue=47|pages=13384–13408|doi=10.1002/slct.202103407|s2cid=245224891}}
• The comparative soil fertility in traditional and alder-based shifting cultivation of varied fallow lengths in Eastern Indian Himalayas{{Cite journal|last1=Sagolshem|first1=Kalidas|last2=Thakuria|first2=Dwipendra|last3=Puyam|first3=Anita|last4=Bora|first4=Indrani|last5=Changkija|first5=Sapu|last6=Singh|first6=Kh.Lenin|date=2021-12-20|title=The comparative soil fertility in traditional and alder-based shifting cultivation of varied fallow lengths in Eastern Indian Himalayas|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357183784|journal=Soil Science and Plant Nutrition|volume=67|issue=6|pages=681–692|doi=10.1080/00380768.2021.2009741|s2cid=245362766}}
• Satellite-based integrated approaches to modelling spatial carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential of different land use of Northeast India{{Cite journal|last1=Bordoloi|first1=Reetashree|last2=Das|first2=Biswajit|last3=Tripathi|first3=Om|last4=Sahoo|first4=U.|last5=Nath|first5=Arun|last6=Deb|first6=Sourabh|last7=Das|first7=D.J.|last8=Gupta|first8=A.|last9=Devi|first9=N.|last10=Chaturvedi|first10=Shiva|last11=Tiwari|first11=B.|date=2021-12-01|title=Satellite based integrated approaches to modelling spatial carbon stock and carbon sequestration potential of different land uses of Northeast India|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357156170|journal=Environmental and Sustainability Indicators|volume=13|pages=100166|doi=10.1016/j.indic.2021.100166|s2cid=245345939|doi-access=free}}
• Predicting Soil Cation Exchange Capacity in Entisols with Divergent Textural Classes: The Case of Northern Sudan Soils{{Cite journal|last1=Adam|first1=Mutwakil|last2=Ibrahim|first2=Ibrahim|last3=Sulieman|first3=Magboul|last4=Zeraatpisheh|first4=Mojtaba|last5=Mishra|first5=Gaurav|last6=Brevik|first6=Eric|last7=Karimi|first7=Alireza|date=2021-11-30|title=Predicting Soil Cation Exchange Capacity in Entisols with Divergent Textural Classes: The Case of Northern Sudan Soils|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354023818|journal=Air, Soil and Water Research|volume=14|pages=1–14|doi=10.1177/11786221211042381|s2cid=245447972|doi-access=free}}
• Biomass and vegetation carbon stock in mangrove forests of the Andaman Islands, India{{Cite journal|last1=Pandisamy|first1=Ragavan|last2=Kumar|first2=Sanjeev|last3=Kandasamy|first3=Kathiresan|last4=Jayaraj|first4=Rsc|last5=Mohan|first5=P.M.|last6=RAVICHANDRAN|first6=K.|last7=Rana|first7=Tikam|date=2021-11-01|title=Biomass and vegetation carbon stock in mangrove forests of the Andaman Islands, India|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353210377|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=848|issue=20|pages=4673–4693|doi=10.1007/s10750-021-04651-5|s2cid=237698102}}{{Cite web|title=Rain Forest Research Institute {{!}} Jorhāt, India {{!}} RFRI|url=https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Rain-Forest-Research-Institute|access-date=2022-01-28|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}

The North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) has collaborated with Rain Forest Research Institute for the research and development of forestry in the Northeastern parts of India.{{Cite web|author=Anup Dutta|date=Oct 28, 2020|title=NEIST, RFRI join hands to develop NE forests {{!}} Guwahati News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/neist-rfri-join-hands-to-develop-ne-forests/articleshow/78909186.cms|access-date=2022-01-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}