Tropical Forest Research Institute

{{Short description|Research institute in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India}}

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| established = 1988

| type = Education and Research institute

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| director = Dr. H S Ginwal

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| city = {{flagicon|India}} PO R.F.R.C., Mandla Road Jabalpur

| state = Madhya Pradesh

| country = India 482021

| coor = {{Coord|23.099132 | 79.989333 |type:edu|display=inline, title}}

| campus = Urban : Spread over {{convert|1010.66|acre|km2}}

| parent = ICFRE

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

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Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI){{cite web|url=http://tfri.icfre.gov.in/|title=Tropical Forest Research Institute|website=Tfri.icfre.gov.in|accessdate=22 December 2018}} is a Research institute situated in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education{{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|url=http://www.envfor.nic.in/|title=Official website : Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|website=Envfor.nic.in|accessdate=22 December 2018}}

Divisions

  • Agro-forestry
  • Biodiversity and sustainable management
  • Tropical forest ecology and rehabilitation
  • Forest entomology
  • Forest pathology
  • Genetics and plant propagation
  • Non-wood forest produce
  • Silviculture and joint forest management
  • Extension

Areas of research

  • Biodiversity assessment, conservation and development
  • Sustainable forest management
  • Planting stock improvement
  • Climate change
  • Environmental amelioration
  • Forest products development
  • Biofuels from forests
  • Development of agroforestry models
  • Forest protection
  • Forest extension

See also

References