The Forest Research Centre (FRC), Hyderabad, of Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education started functioning under the administrative control of Institute of Wood Science and Technology Bangalore, since July,1997. The centre was initially known as “ Advanced Centre for Biotechnology and Mangrove Forests”.
Head's Message
Sh. M. Lokeshwar Rao
CF, FRC, Hyderabad
It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you to the official webpage of Forest Research Centre (FRC), Hyderabad. The Centre was established to cater to research needs of the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa in the field of forestry.
I hope, the information given in the webpage will be of great help to the viewers. Suggestions for improving the website are welcome.
This, however has been changed to “Forest Research Centre, Hyderabad “. The office cum laboratory building construction work started in March 1998 and the same was handed over to the centre on 1st March, 2000 .The building complex was formally inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, Sri.T.R.Balu on 15th November 2000. The research work started from 2000-2001 onwards to meet the research needs of the southern dry deciduous ecosystem of the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa on various aspects in the field of forestry Research.
The Centre is established in a sprawling 100 Acre campus on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, The centre is situated about 22 KM from the Secunderabad Railway Station at Dulapally village on a link road between Kompally (on NH 7) and Bahadurpally Village (on Hyderabad-Narsapur Road).
MANDATE
Tree improvement studies for improving socially relevant multipurpose forestry species.
i)Identification of seed production areas and establishment of seed orchards.
ii)Biotechnology and mass propagation and improvement of plant stock.
iii)Establishment of model nursery, clonal and seedling seed orchards, germ plasm bank, provenance trials of selected MPT species for improving the forest productivity.
Research and demonstration of agroforestry models.
Biodiversity of Eastern Ghats,
Studies on Eco-restoration of mangroves.
Studies on non-wood forests products,
Environmental impact assessment.
Protection of natural forests especially relating to forest fire, diseases and pests.
ICFRE has been implementing programmes aimed at holistic development of forestry research, education and extension for sustainable management and development of forestry resources in the country.
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ICFRE has been implementing programmes aimed at holistic development of forestry research, education and extension for sustainable management and development of forestry resources in the country.