Question

Which among the following is the correct location of Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI)?
A) Jodhpur
B) Jabalpur
C) Midnapore
D) Bhopal

Answer 1

Hint:Due to industries and other reasons, nature is getting destroyed, the fresh air is getting depleted, etc. By working on some core areas like biodiversity, agroforestry, plant propagation, etc. they try to bring a change in the environment

Complete answer:
The Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur is one of the eight regional institutes under the Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. The Institute commenced in April 1988, although its origin goes back to 1973 when a Regional Centre of FRI, Dehradun was established at Jabalpur to provide research support to the problems of forest management in central India. The institute has continuously advanced in terms of infrastructure and also specialized itself as a major space for research on forestry and ecology related problems of tropical forests of the central region comprising the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Orissa.
Its various divisions include:
>Agroforestry
>Biodiversity and Sustainable Management
>Tropical forest Ecology and Rehabilitation
>Forest Entomology
>Forest Pathology
>Genetics and Plant Propagation
>Non Wood Forest Produce
>Silviculture and Joint Forest Management
>Extension
The major areas for research are: Biodiversity assessment, conservation and development; Forest extension; Forest protection; Sustainable forest management; Planting stock improvement; Climate change; Development of agroforestry models; Biofuels from forests; Environmental amelioration; Forest products development.

Thus the correct answer is option B, ‘Jabalpur’.

Note:The Jabalpur-based Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) has launched a mobile phone application containing details about insects and pests and their management. The app "INSECT PESTS" is a tool that provides information and features to identify pests, their host plants, infestation period, the nature of damage, their brief life history and also the measures to control them.