Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) is a Research institute situated in
Jabalpur
Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the 3rd-largest urban agglomeration of the state and the 38th-largest of the country. Jabalpur is the administrative h ...
in
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...
. It works under the
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 ...
of the
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is an Government of India, Indian government Ministry (government department), ministry. The ministry Portfolio (government), portfolio is currently held by Bhupender Yadav, Union ...
,
Government of India
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.
Divisions
* Agro-forestry
* Biodiversity and sustainable management
*
Tropical forest
Tropical forests are forested ecoregions with tropical climates – that is, land areas approximately bounded by the Tropic of Cancer, tropics of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing ...
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
Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...
* Environmental amelioration
* Forest products development
* Biofuels from forests
* Development of agroforestry models
* Forest protection
* Forest extension
See also
*
List of Environment and Forest Research Institutes in India
This is a List of forest research institutes in India.
Autonomous research institutes
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Institutes under India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
* Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Hi ...
*
Van Vigyan Kendra
Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK) or Forest Science Centres (FSC) has been established by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India. It intends to help disseminate various techn ...
Forest Science Centres
References
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Indian forest research institutes
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Research institutes in Madhya Pradesh
Education in Jabalpur
1988 establishments in Madhya Pradesh
Research institutes established in 1988
Environmental organisations based in India