Forest Research Institute
- Forest Research Institute
The Forest Research Institute is an institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India. It is located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand. It was established in 1906 and is one of the oldest institutions of its kind.
The Forest Research Institute is spread over 4.5 km², with the outer Himalayas nearby. The main building has Greco-Roman and Colonial styles of architecture. It has laboratories, a library, herbarium, arboreta, printing press and experimental field areas for conducting forestry research. Its museums, in addition to being a source of scientific information, are an attraction for tourists.
FRI and College Area campus is a census town, between Dehradun Cantonment in the north and The Indian Military Academy to the south. The Tons River forms its Western Boundary.
Officers of the Indian Forest Service are trained here, as the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education that runs this place also runs the IFS, as well as the Wildlife Institute of India and Indian Institute of Forest Management.
ee also
* Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
* Indian Forest Service (IFS)
* Forest Survey of India (FSI)
External links
* [http://www.icfre.org/institutes2/fri.htm Official site]
* [http://www.iufro.org/ International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)]
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