National Afforestation Programme  
A Participatory Approach to Sustainable Development of Forests. The scheme titled National Afforestation Programme (NAP) has been formulated by merger of four 9th Plan centrally sponsored afforestation schemes of the Ministry of Environment & Forests. ..

National Action Programme to Combat Desertification  
India is a party to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and MoEF is the National Coordinating Agency for the implementation of the UNCCD in the country. ..

Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun  
Forest Survey of India (FSI) was created in June, 1981 with the objective of monitoring periodically (10 years cycle) the changing situation of land and forest resources and present the data for national planning; conservation and management of enviro ..

Forest Services (FS)  
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is the "Cadre Controlling Authority" for the Indian Forest Service (IFS) an All India Service which consists of 21 State Cadres (including three joint cadres, namely the Assam-Meghalaya, the Manipur- Tripura and ..

Forest Conservation (FC)  
The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 came in to force with effect from October 25, 1980. ..

Ministry of Environment and Forests  
The Ministry of Environment & Forests is the nodal agency in the administrative structure of the Central Government, for the planning, promotion, co-ordination and overseeing the implementation of environmental and forestry programmes. Ministry is als ..

Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore  
The Institute was established in 1961-62 as a Central Research Laboratory of the Indian Plywood Manufacturers' Research Association under the Cooperative Research Scheme of the Government of India from out of the funds provided by CSIR and voluntary c ..