Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) is a multidisciplinary team of experts conducting research on tropical forests and forestry. This Institute has contributed significantly to research in tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation over the past three decades of its existence. Founded in 1975, Institute is envisioned as a Centre of Excellence in Tropical Forestry to provide scientific support for decision making on matters related to forestry, with particular emphasis on conservation, sustainable utilization and scientific management of natural resources.
The 11th Dr C. Chandarasekharan Memorial award of the year 2020 was awarded to Mr Rajesh T.P. through an online function held on 10th September 2021 coinciding with the death anniversary of Dr C. Chandrasekharan. The Memorial lecture titled Forest Management in Kerala: Changing scenarios and shifting paradigms was delivered by Dr Kunhamu T.K., Professor & Head, Dept. of Silviculture & Agroforestry, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur.
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TreeWatch.net is a global network for monitoring tree hydraulics and carbon sequestration in the context of Climate Change. This is a unique tool to understand the hydraulic functioning and growth of trees. Dendrometers and sap flow sensors have the potential to detect stress from individual trees (and subsequently forests) in real-time. KFRI has become the first and only collaborative institution in this network from outside of Europe, and the study especially mangroves on the coastal areas of the State.
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International Tree Mortality Network (ITMN) an initiative of International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) to facilitate collaboration between scientists to combine expertise, knowledge and data, thereby allowing a global assessment of tree mortality and providing crucial information for forest managers and policymaking. KFRI long-term monitoring programme, especially the 10 ha. plot in tropical wet evergreen forests of Sholayar become part of this global network...
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University of Leeds is having one among the largest global network of long-term monitoring tropical forests called FORESTPLOTS.NET which includes over 5.5 million tree measurements from more than 18,000 species. The permanent plots established by KFRI become part of this programme through the MoU signed. The proposed activities involve joint analysis of questions on carbon dynamics, biodiversity, and tree dynamics etc and exploration of the possibility of establishing a ForestPlots.net
More newsKFRI offers training, consultancy, Nurseries, soil and wood analysis, sophisticated analytical testing and research-based analysis to suppor, Forest Seeds and tree helpline to all queries related to tree planting and management.
