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Mandate
- Biodiversity assessment and conservation.
- Environment impact assessment.
- Eco-restoration and rehabilitation of mined out areas and other stress / degraded / difficult sites.
- Soil-vegetation inter-relationship for health improvement of stability and productivity of ecosystem.
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation issues with particular reference to the forest ecosystems.
- Monitoring and assessment of soils of natural forests and plantations for sustainable productivity.
- Criteria and indicators for sustainable management of lands for higher productivity.
- Forest hydrology.
- Other related contemporary forestry issues.
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Infrastructure
The division is having a well equipped GIS laboratory for creation, management, updating and sharing of GIS database regarding ecology and biodiversity of this region. The division also possesses a Botanical Garden with an area of 3.9 hectare having excellent facilities of a shade-cum-poly house and orchidarium. It also maintains a Herbarium.
