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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Forest Management Branch
· Tree
improvement for sustained productivity.
· Establishment
of clonal and seedling seed orchard and seed stand.
· Development
of micro-and macro-propagation techniques.
· Development
of nursery, plantation and silvicultural system of hill, plain and mangrove forests.
· Socioeconomic
studies of plantation and village forestry and wood based industries.
· Social
forestry, agro-forestry and village forests.
· Development
of integrated pest management system for forest and nursery.
· Land
management for sustained productivity.
· Ecosystem
management and biodiversity conservation.
· Bamboo and
other non-timber forest products.
· Wildlife
management.
Forest
Products Branch
· Optimization
of wood use for industrial and other purposes.
· Wood
seasoning for improving timber quality.
· Increasing
durability of forest products using preservatives.
· Industrial
use of waste wood.
· Development
of improved method for pulp production and production of import substitute
pulp from indigenous raw materials
Extension, etc.
· Extension, training and advisory services.
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