The
Institute provides following services:
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Consultancy
and training to industries on use of new raw materials, processing
techniques, economic eco-friendly methods of wood processing and wood
utilization
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In
situ advice on problems of factory processes and diagnostic
analysis
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Seasoning,
preservative treatment, and sawing of wood on commercial basis
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Wood
identification, testing and quality control of timber and timber
products
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Testing
Fee for Timber and Timber Products |
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Payments
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The payment should be made in advance in the form of Demand Draft payable
to Establishment & Accounts Officer, Forest Products Division, Forest
Research Institute, payable at Dehradun. The sample along with the
requisite testing fee should be sent to:
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The Head
Forest Products Division
Forest Research Institute
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – 248 006 (India)
Phone: 0135 –
2759327
E-mail: kothiyalv@icfre.org
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Other Scientific Services : |
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The
following resources/ database available at the Institute are of great
benefit to various users of these scientific services:
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Herbarium
with 3.30 lakh plant specimens including carpological collection
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Xylarium
with 8, 500 Indian and 10, 500 foreign wood samples
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Entomological
reference collection with over 23,000 insect species
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Culture
collection of about 1000 isolates of forest fungi
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Rules
for testing seeds of over 80 tree species
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Database
on properties of over 400 timber species
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Timber
price survey of over 15 species in 12 markets
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76
volume tables and 26 yield tables
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Germplasm
collection of about 100 medicinal and aromatic plants
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Arboretum
(400 tree species), Bambusetum (30 Bamboo species) and botanical garden
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