Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
Description
The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, known as ICFRE, is a government forestry research and education body in India.
It conducts forestry research, transfers the technologies it develops to Indian states and other user agencies, and provides forestry education. Its work covers conservation and regeneration of forest ecosystems, revegetation of degraded and mined lands, tree improvement, better use and processing of forest produce, ecological rehabilitation of fragile ecosystems such as mountains, mangroves and deserts, and policy research on community participation in forest management. It also runs training programs and skill-development courses on topics such as agarwood cultivation, biodiversity conservation and nursery techniques.
ICFRE operates through nine research institutes and four advanced centres across India, located in cities including Dehradun, Shimla, Ranchi, Jorhat, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Prayagraj, Chhindwara, Aizawl, Hyderabad and Agartala. It is headquartered in Dehradun and functions under India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. It also administers India’s Green Credit Program.
The council was created in 1986 and became an autonomous body under the ministry in 1991.
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