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Forest Research in Kerala

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. KFRI became a part of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) along with five other R&D Centres of the State, when the KSCSTE was constituted in 2002.

DR.KM BHAT MEMORIAL AWARD 2013

The 4th Dr.K.M.Bhat Memorial Award is presented to Dr.P.M. Sreekanth, Asst. Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Bangalore City College for his doctoral work on-Population genetic structuring and gene flow estimates of teak from the Western Ghats of Southern India using AFLP markers. By employing DNA fingerprinting technology Dr. Sreekanth has also described the genetic diversity of teak from the Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu part of Western Ghats and demonstrated that the genetic diversity of teak is higher for populations from Kerala.He has shown that the Nilambur population as unique distinct from other natural teak populations.

DR. C. CHANDRASEKHARAN MEMORIAL AWARD 2012

Dr. C Chandrasekharan Memorial Award-2012 is for Dr. K S Anoop Das a researcher grown up in a village in Nilambur, Kerala, worked on Bird communities for his Doctoral Research at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore. Subsequently he worked on the responses of butterflies on natural tree falls in SVNP. Apart from the characterization of butterfly guilds in each of the forest types, his study aimed at identifying indicator species of butterflies for the specific habitat types. A novel study by Dr.K S Anoop Das is on one of the least attended issue, of the lesser known dynamics of the aquatic insect fauna of natural tree holes and its artificial analogues, in the Western Ghats.

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Application for M.S. in Wildlife Studies
The MS (Wildlife Studies) programme is an innovative programme envisaged to provide specialization in wildlife biology to the graduates from various branches of biosciences.

KFRI herbarium goes online
The online herbaria is powered by an custom made efficient search engine and general features of the herbarium are one of the best among the online herbariums.

Database on Rare, Endangered and Threatened (RET) plants of Kerala.
The first comprehensive database on Rare, Endangered and Threatened (RET) plants of Kerala.