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{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
| native_name = <big>भारतीय वानिकी अनुसंधान एवं शिक्षा परिषद्</big>
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| motto = वनस्पतय: शान्ति:
| established = 1986
| type = Autonomous Organisation
| free_label = Acroonym
| free = ICFRE (भा.वा.अ.शि.प.)
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| city = {{flagicon|India}} P.O. New Forest, [[Dehradun]]
| state = [[Uttarakhand]]
| country = [[India]] 248006
| coor = {{Coord|30.345192 | 78.002193 |type:edu|display=inline, title}}
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| parent = [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)]]
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.icfre.org/|2=www.icfre.org}}
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The '''Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education''' ('''ICFRE''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icfre.org/ |title=Welcome to Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India - An Autonomous Body of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India |publisher=ICFRE |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref><ref name="envfor.nic.in">{{cite web |url=http://envfor.nic.in/division/items-work-handled-15 |title=Items of Work Handled | Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India |publisher=Envfor.nic.in |access-date=2014-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203102342/http://envfor.nic.in/division/items-work-handled-15 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/Advertisements/Forestad.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126055228/http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/Advertisements/Forestad.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> is an autonomous organisation<ref name=moeflink>{{cite web|title=Research and Training (Forestry) (RT)|url=http://envfor.nic.in/division/introduction-14|work=[[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Ministry of Environment & Forests]]|access-date=22 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118052314/http://envfor.nic.in/division/introduction-14|archive-date=18 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://goidirectory.nic.in/union_organisation.php?ct=E007 |title=Autonomous Bodies | Union Government | Government of India Web Directory |publisher=Goidirectory.nic.in |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref> or [[government agency|governmental agency]] under the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Ministry of Environment and Forests]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://envfor.nic.in/ |title=Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India |publisher=Envfor.nic.in |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref> [[Government of India]]. Headquartered in [[Dehradun]], its functions are to conduct [[forestry]] research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies; and to impart forestry education. The council has 9 research institutes and 4 advanced centres to cater to the research needs of different bio-geographical regions. These are located at [[Forest Research Institute (India)|Dehradun]], Shimla, Ranchi, Jorhat, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Allahabad, Chhindwara, Aizawl, Hyderabad and Agartala.<ref name=icfreabt>{{cite web|title=About ICFRE|url=http://www.icfre.org/index.php?linkid=left8311&link=1|work=Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref>

== History ==
ICFRE is the largest organisation responsible for forestry research in India.<ref name="envfor.nic.in"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://envfor.nic.in/division/st-institutes |title=S&T Institutes |Central Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India |publisher=Envfor.nic.in |access-date=2014-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204004651/http://envfor.nic.in/division/st-institutes |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ICFRE was created in 1986, under the [[Central Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)]], to direct and manage research and education in forestry sector in India.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} ICFRE is headed by a Director General with headquarters at [[Dehradun]].{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} ICFRE became an autonomous council under the Ministry in 1991.<ref>[http://saiindia.gov.in/english/home/about_us/OW/AB/RC&LB.pdf Government of India. (n.d.). "Ministry wise List of Central Autonomous Bodies under the audit jurisdiction of DAI (RC&LB) audited under section 19(2) and 20(1) of DPC Act 1971."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809214307/http://saiindia.gov.in/english/home/about_us/OW/AB/RC%26LB.pdf |date=9 August 2014 }} Accessed: 25 August 2014.</ref>

==Mandate==
The mandate of the ICFRE is to organise, direct and manage research and [[education]] in the [[forestry]] sector,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=IND&subject=5 |title=FAO Country Profiles:India |publisher=Fao.org |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref> including in cooperation with FORTIP ([[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home.html |title=UNDP in India |publisher=In.undp.org |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref>/FAO Regional Forest Tree Improvement Project), [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]] and [[World Bank]] on economically important species. ICFRE established a National Bureau of Forest Genetic Resources (NBFGR)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbfgr.res.in/ |title=National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources |publisher=Nbfgr.res.in |date=2013-12-01 |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ad871e/ad871e04.htm |title=State of Forest Genetic Resources Conservation and Management in India |publisher=Fao.org |access-date=2014-08-12}}</ref>

===Research perspective===
* Conservation, protection, regeneration, rehabilitation and sustainable development of natural [[forest ecology|forest ecosystems]].
* Revegetation of barren, waste, marginal and mined lands.
* Research on [[tree breeding|tree improvement]].
* Enhancing productivity of [[Forest produce (India)|wood and non-wood forest produce]] per unit of area per unit time by application of scientific and technological methods.
* Research on improved utilisation, recovery and processing of forest produce for value addition and employment generation.
* Ecological rehabilitation of all fragile ecosystems, such as mountains, mangroves, deserts etc.
* Socio-economic and policy research for developing strategies towards attracting people's participation in [[forest management]].{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

==Research institutes==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Institute and their locations, sorted alphabetically
|-
! Name !! Photo !! Acronym !! Established !! City !! Jurisdiction !! Website
|-
| [[Arid Forest Research Institute|Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI)]]|| || AFRI|| 1988||[[Jodhpur]]||[[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] || {{URL|1=http://afri.res.in/|2=afri.res.in}}
|-
| [[Forest Research Institute (India)|Forest Research Institute (FRI)]]|| [[File:Forest Research Institute campus, Dehradun, India.jpg|100x100px]]||FRI|| 1906||[[Dehradun]]||[[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Delhi]], [[Uttar Pradesh|U.P.]], [[Uttarakhand]]|| {{URL|1=http://fri.icfre.gov.in/|2=fri.icfre.gov.in}}
|-
| [[Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI)]] || [[File:Hfri shimla.jpg|100x100px]]||HFRI|| 1977|| [[Shimla]]|| [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]|| {{URL|1=http://hfri.icfre.gov.in/}}
|-
| [[Institute of Forest Biodiversity (IFB)]] || || IFB || 2012||[[Hyderabad]]||[[Telangana]], [[Maharashtra]]|| {{URL|1=http://ifb.icfre.gov.in/}}
|-
| [[Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB)]]|| || IFGTB|| 1988||[[Coimbatore]]||[[Tamil Nadu|T.N.]], [[Kerala]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|A & Nicobar]], [[Lakshadweep]], [[Pondicherry]]|| {{URL|1=http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/#/}}
|-
| [[Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP)]] || [[File:Ifp ranchi.jpg|100x100px]] || IFP|| 1993||[[Ranchi]]||[[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Sikkim]], [[West Bengal]]|| {{URL|1=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051416/http://ifpranchi.co.in/|2=web.archive.org}}
|-
| [[Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST)]] || || IWST|| 1938||[[Bangalore]]||[[Karnataka]], [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Goa]]|| {{URL|1=http://iwst.icfre.gov.in/#/}}
|-
| [[Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI)]]|| [[File:Rfri johrat.jpg|100x100px]] || RFRI|| 1988||[[Jorhat]]||[[Northeast India]]|| {{URL|1=http://rfri.icfre.gov.in/}}
|-
| [[Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI)]]|| [[File:Tropical fri jabalpur.JPG|100x100px]] || TFRI|| 1988||[[Jabalpur]]||[[Madhya Pradesh|M.P.]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]|| {{URL|1=http://tfri.icfre.gov.in/}}
|}

==Advanced research centres==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Institute and their locations, sorted alphabetically
|-
! Name !! Photo !! Acronym !! Established !! City !! Jurisdiction !! Website
|-
| [[Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan]]<br />(a unit of [[Rain Forest Research Institute|RFRI]])|| [[File:Arcbr aizwal.jpg|100x100px]] || ARCBR|| 2004||[[Aizawl]]||[[Northeast India]]|| {{URL|1=http://www.icfre.org/}}
|-
| [[Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development]] (satellite centre of [[Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI)|TFRI]])|| [[File:Cfrhrd chindwara.jpg|100x100px]]|| CFRHRD|| 1995||[[Chhindwara]]||[[Madhya Pradesh|M.P.]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]|| {{URL|1=http://www.icfre.org/}}
|-
| [[Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation]]<br />(a centre of ICFRE)||[[File:Csfer allahabad.jpg|100x100px]]|| CSFER|| 1992||[[Allahabad]]||[[Uttar Pradesh|Eastern U.P.]], [[Bihar|North Bihar]], [[Vindhya Range]]|| {{URL|1=http://www.icfre.org/}}
|-
| [[Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension]]<ref name="envfor.nic.in"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/ArchiveD.aspx?WhatId=295 |title=The first news, views & information website of TRIPURA |publisher=Tripurainfo |date=2013-09-14 |access-date=2014-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811214721/http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/ArchiveD.aspx?WhatId=295 |archive-date=2014-08-11 }}</ref>|| ||CFLE||2013||[[Agartala]]||[[Tripura]]||
{{URL|1=http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/ArchiveD.asp←x?WhatId=295|2=www.tripurainfo.com}}
|-
| Centre for Urban Forestry and Landscape Management <br />(a centre of [[Arid Forest Research Institute|AFRI]])|||| UF&LM|| (Planned)||[[Gandhinagar]]||[[Gujarat]] ||
|-
|}

==See also==

{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Afforestation]]
* [[Air pollution in India]]
* [[Central Pollution Control Board]]
* [[Communal forests of India]]
* [[Conservation reserves and community reserves of India]]
* [[Director General of Forests]]
* [[Environmental issues in India]]
* [[Forest management]]
* [[Forest produce (India)]]
* [[Forest range officer]]
* [[Forest Survey of India]]
* [[Indian Forest Act, 1927]]
* [[Indian Forest Service]]
* [[Indian Institute of Forest Management]] (IIFM)
* [[Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards]]
* [[Joint Forest Management]]
* [[List of forest research institutes]]
* [[List of forest research institutes in India]]
* [[Reserved forests and protected forests of India]]
* [[Social forestry in India]]
* [[Tropical rainforests of India]]
* [[Urban forestry]]
* [[Wildlife Institute of India]] (WII)
* [[Wildlife of India]]
* [[Rain Forest Research Institute]]
{{colend}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.icfre.org/}}
* [http://envfor.nic.in/ Ministry of Environment and Forests]
* [http://india.gov.in/official-website-ministry-environment-and-forests-0 India.gov.in/moef]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110417031235/http://www.india.gov.in/ National Portal of India]
* [http://dehradun.nic.in/pages/display/94-indian-council-of-forestry-research-and-education-(icfre) dehradun.nic.in]
* [http://www.iifm.ac.in/ Indian Institute of Forest Management]

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