Tropical Forest Research Institute Explained

Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI)
Established:	1988
Free Label:	Acronym
Free:	TFRI
Director:	Dr. H S Ginwal
Country:	India 482021
Campus:	Urban : Spread over 1010.66acres

Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI)^[1] is a Research institute situated in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education^[2] of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.^[3]

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

• List of Environment and Forest Research Institutes in India
• Van Vigyan Kendra Forest Science Centres

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tropical Forest Research Institute. Tfri.icfre.gov.in. 22 December 2018.
2. Web site: ICFRE home page . 2014-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020811000115/http://www.icfre.org/ . 2002-08-11 .
3. Web site: Official website : Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Envfor.nic.in. 22 December 2018.