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September 12th, 2017, 09:05 AM
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Re: Imperial Forest Research Institute Set Up

Set up as Imperial Forest Research Institute in 1906, Forest Research Institute (FRI) Dehradun, is a head foundation under the Indian Council of Forest Research and Education (ICFRE). Styled in Greeko Roman Architecture by C.G. Blomfield, the fundamental building is a National Heritage which was introduced in 1929.

The Institute's history is vertually synonymous with the advancement and improvement of logical ranger service, in India, as well as finished the whole Indian sub-mainland.

Set in a lavish green domain spread more than 450 hectares, with the external Himalaya framing its setting, the Institute's fundamental building is a noteworthy structure, wedding Greco-Roman and Colonial styles of engineering, with a plinth zone of 2.5 prepared laboratories,library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press and trial field zones for directing ranger service explore, very with regards to the best of its kind anyplace on the planet.

Its historical centers, notwithstanding being an important wellspring of logical data, are a noteworthy fascination for sightseers.

Targets:

The Institute provides food, specifically, to the exploration needs of the Indo-Gangetic fields of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Western Uttar Pradesh, and additionally the U.P. Himalayas. Backwoods explore at the FRI is composed under fourteen divisions.

Milestones:

• 1864 Systematic Forest Management [Sir D. Brandis(The first IGF)].
• 1878 Forest School at Dehra Dun.
• 1906 Imperial FRI with Six Research Disciplines.
o Silviculture
o Working Plans
o Forest Geology
o Botany
o Economics
o Chemistry

Thrust Areas:

• Conservation of biodiversity
• Production, certification and supply of quality seedsof fuel, fodder and timber species.
• Social forestry/ Agroforestry.
• Conservation and eco-restoration of ecologically fragile and disturbed areas.
• Utilisation of non-conventional woods and weeds for manufacture of forest products.
• Development of technology for reclamation of wastelands.
• Planting stock improvement programme of different species.
• Geological, geomorphological and micro-morphological studies on skeltetal and sodic soils.
• Reclamation and ecological monitoring of mined areas.
• Development of technology for eco-friendly preservatives.


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