INSTUTUTES RELATED TO AGRO FORESTRY

S. Institutes Headquarters
No
1 CAFRI - Central Agroforestry Research Institute
2 NRCAF - National Research Center For Agroforestry Jhansi
3 ICRAF - International Council For Research In Agroforestry Nairobi,kenya
4 ITTO - International Tropical Timber Organization Japan(Yokohama)
5 FAO - Food And Agriculture Organization Rome
6 IBPGR – International Board For Plant Genetic Resources Rome
7 IUCN – International Union For The Conservation Of Nature And Natural Resources Switzerland
8 IUFO – International Union Of Forestry Research Organization Austria
9 UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme Kenya
10 UNESCO – United Nations Educational,scientific And Cultural Organization France
11 CGIAR – Consutative Group Of Intrnational Agriculture Research USA
12 CAMCORE – Central America And Mexico Coniferous Research Cooperative
S. Institutes Headquarters
No
13 CTFT – Centre Techinique Forestier Tropical
14 DFSC – Danish Forest Seed Centre
15 OFI – Oxford Forestry Institute
16 IGFRI – Indian Grass Land And Fodder Research Institute Jhansi
17 INBAR – Internatironal Bamboo And Rattan Organization
18 CIRAD – Agriculture Research Center For International Development
19 CAIT – Tropical Agriculture Research And Higher Education Center
20 CIFOR – Center For International Forestry Research
21 FRI – Forest Research Institute Dehradun
22 HFRI – Himalayan Forest Research Institute Simla
23 AFRI – Arid Forest Research Institue Jodhpur
24 IFGTB – Institute Of Forest Genetics And Tree Breeding Coimbatore
25 IWST – Institute Of Wood Science And Technology Banglore
26 NFTA – Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association USA
27 AFRENA – Agroforestry Research Network For Africa Kenya
29 AFS – Agro Forestry System
30 MPTS – Multi Purpose Tree Species
ACTS PERTAINING TO FORESTRY
 The Biological Diversity Act – 2002
 The Indian Forest Act – 1927
 The Wild Life Protection Act – 1972
 The Forest (Conservation) Act – 1980
 The Water (Prevention And C0ntrolling Of Pollution) Act – 1974
 The Air (Prevention And Controlling Of Pollution) Act – 1981
 The Environment Protection Act – 1986
 Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dweller (Recognization Of Forest Rights) Act - 2006
POLICIES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY

National Biodiversity Action Plain – 2007

National Policy And Macro Level Action Strategy On Biodiversity – 1999
National Agriculture Policy – 2000
 National Forest Policy

National Water Policy – 2002

National Environment Policy – 2006
National Conservation Strategy & Policy Statement On Environment Development
REFERENCE BOOKS
 An Introduction To Agroforestry – Ramachandran Nair, P.K.1993.
 Agroforestry In India – Tejaswani,K.G. 1994.
 Plantation Forestry In India – Luna,R.K. 1989.
 Trees Of A.P And India – Pullaiah T. And Sandhyarani S. 1999.
 Forest Tree Seeds – Negi,S.S. 2006.
 A Text Book Of Agrofostry – Chundawat,B.S And Gautam, S.K 1996
 Social Forestry And Agroforestry – M.P. Divya ,K.T. Prathiban
 Agroforestry Systems And Practices – Sunil Puri And Pankaj Panwar
 International forest day – 21st march