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, Forest and Climate Change ^{[1] [2]}

• Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora (GBPIHED)
• Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal
• Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bengaluru ^{[3] [ page needed ]}
• Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur

Institutes under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education ^[4] Headquartered in Dehradun

• Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
• Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
• Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension (CFLE), Agartala
• Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
• Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Prayagraj
• 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, Bengaluru
• 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
• Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
• Directorate of Forest Education, Dehradun
• Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata
• National Institute of Animal Welfare, Faridabad
• National Zoological Park, New Delhi
• National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
• Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
• 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
• Centre for Animals and Environment, Bengaluru
• Centre of Excellence in Environmental Economics, Chennai
• Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru
• Centre for Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru
• Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem, Delhi
• Centre for Mining Environment, Dhanbad
• Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Coimbatore
• Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, ^[5] Thiruvananthapuram

Under state governments

Kerala Forest Research Institute

• Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur (KSCSTE KFRI)
• Forest College and Research Institute, TNAU, Mettupalayam ^[6] (TNAU- FCRI)
• 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 ^[7]
• State Forest Research Institute, Ladhowal, District Ludhiana, Punjab
• State Forest Research Institute, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
• Karnataka Forest Academy, Dharwad, Karnataka

See also

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

References

1. "Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India". envfor.nic.in. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
2. "Autonomous Organisations - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India" . Retrieved 14 January 2015.
3. "Home". ipirti.gov.in.
4. "Welcome to Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - An Autonomous Body of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India". Archived from the original on 11 August 2002. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
5. "Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute | Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India". envfor.nic.in. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
6. "Forest College and Research Institute", Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Accessed: 7 November 2012.
7. "Tamil Nadu Forest Department". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. 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)