Climate Change, Research & Training Wing
Organisation Structure
The Climate Change, Research and Training wing is headed by an Officer of the **Principal Chief Conservator of Forests** rank. He is assisted by an Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (CC, R&T) and a Conservator of Forests (CC, R&T) who supervise and control five Divisional Forest Officers under the Wing.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
Head of Wing (CC, R&T)
Addl. PCCF (CC, R&T) & Conservator of Forests (CC, R&T)
Supervisory & Administrative Control
Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs)
DFO (Silviculture)
DFO (Working Plan)
DFO (Training)
DFO (Forest Resources Survey)
DFO (Forest Utilization)
Core Activities
Forestry Research
Planning, organizing, and executing scientific research on various aspects of the forestry sector, including publishing the findings for wider percolation.
Capacity Building
Imparting professional and technical training to executive field staff of the department to keep them abreast with modern forestry methods.
Working Plans & Schemes
Preparation of Working Plans for Reserved/Protected Forests and Green Blocks, as well as Working Schemes for community and privately owned forest areas outside state control.
Education & Extension Centres
Establishment and maintenance of various education, extension, and demonstration centres like arboreta, botanical gardens, and nursery training units.
Forest Resource Surveys
Conducting detailed survey operations and maintaining an up-to-date inventorization of all forestry resources available in the state.
Main Areas of Forestry Research
The wing actively carries out scientific investigations to conserve and grow state forest assets:
Forest Productivity
- Tree improvement programme
- Standardizing advance nursery practices
- Seed Technology
Forest Protection
- Forest protection protocols
- Entomological and pathological diseases study
- Invasive species control & eradication
Floral Conservation
- Rare, Threatened and Endangered (RTE) species
- Medicinal plants preservation
- Orchids and Pitcher plants (Nepenthes Khasiana)
- Bamboo species diversity
- Tissue Culture & propagation techniques
- Training in advanced nursery practices