A memorandum of understanding was signed through video conferencing between Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun and the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), Kolkata. The MoU was signed by the ICFRE director general AS Rawat and BSI director AA Mao.
According to officials, the MoU has been signed with the objectives to promote cooperation in the field of forestry research, exchange of scientists, technologists, research scholar, PG students and implementation of collaborative research projects. Through this collaboration, ICFRE and BSI will complement each other by sharing their scientific and technical expertise. This will help in identifying technological gaps, extension of forest based technologies, and exchange of resources for dissemination of information to stakeholders. This will also help to promote livelihood opportunities and augment income of the forest based communities.
The MoU is expected to provide synergy in education, research and development for both the organisations and will ultimately aim to promote better economic and ecological security.
ICFRE, through its institutes and centers located across the country, is guiding, promoting and coordinating forestry research, extension, education at the national level. Currently ICFRE is focusing on contemporary issues of national and international importance particularly in the areas of climate change, forest productivity, biodiversity and skill development.
Tuesday, 16 February 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
