List of forest research institutes in India

Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

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 and Forests^[1][2]

• Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora^[3]
• Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
• Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Banglore^[4]
• Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur

Institutes under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education^[5]

• Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
• Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
• Centre for Forest-based Livelihoods and Extension (CFLE), Agartala
• Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
• Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Allahabad
• Forest Research Institute (India), Dehradun
• Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
• Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad
• Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
• Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
• Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore
• Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
• Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
• Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)

Other national institutes

Other research institutes under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Subordinate offices

• Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
• Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata
• Directorate of Forest Education, Dehradun
• Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
• National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad
• National Zoological Park, New Delhi
• National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
• Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatta
• Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)

Authorities

• Central Zoo Authority of India, New Delhi
• National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai
• National Ganga River Basin Authority, New Delhi
• National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi

Centres of excellence

• Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad
• C.P.R. Environmental Education Center, Chennai
• Center for Animals and Environment, Bangalore
• Center of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
• Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru
• Center for Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru
• Center for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
• Center for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
• Salim Ali Center for Omithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
• Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute,^[6] Thiruvananthapuram

Under state governments

Kerala Forest Research Institute

• Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
• Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam^[7]
• Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
• Gujarat Forest Research Centre, Rajpipla, Gujarat
• State Forest Department, Jammu
• State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
• State Forest Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu^[8]
• State Forest Research Institute, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh^[9]

See also

• List of forest research institutes
• Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)
• Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

References

1. "Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India". envfor.nic.in. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
2. "Autonomous Organisations - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
3. "Welcome :: Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
4. http://www.ipirti.gov.in/
5. "Welcome to Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - An Autonomous Body of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
6. http://envfor.nic.in/about-ministry/tropical-botanic-garden-and-research-institute
7. "Forest College and Research Institute", Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Accessed: November 7, 2012.
8. "Tamil Nadu Forest Department". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
9. "sfri.org". Retrieved 14 January 2015.

External links

• Ministry of Environment and Forests
• Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
• Resources on Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)
• Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI)