Tropical Forest Research Institute

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]

Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI)

Type	Education and Research institute
Established	1988
Parent institution	ICFRE
Director	Dr. H S Ginwal
Location	PO R.F.R.C., Mandla Road Jabalpur , Madhya Pradesh , India 482021 23.099132°N 79.989333°E / 23.099132; 79.989333
Campus	Urban : Spread over 1,010.66 acres (4.0900 km2)
Acronym	TFRI
Website	tfri.icfre.gov.in

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