Dr. Jyoti Kumar Sharma took over charge as Director of KFRI. (July 1999- January 2007). He was the founding Professor and Dean, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Doon University, Dehradun. He served as an FAO/IPGRI Expert Member in Expert Committee to Frame Guidelines for safe movement of Eucalypt germplasm in Bangkok, Thailand (November, 1995) and Pine germplasm in Opocne, Prague, Czech Republic (October, 1996).

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Established the ex-situ collection of palms (Palmetum) with 145 species of palms under 52 genera at Peechi campus.

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CSIRO-Australia honours KFRI for the contributions made to tropical forestry

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The first open day week celebration started at KFRI in which more than 3000 visitors visited various departments and other facilities.

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Release of high yielding disease resistant clones of eucalyptus from KFRI

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Published a book on ‘Tropical Forestry Research: Challenges in the New Millennium’. This is a collection of papers presented in the International Symposium conducted as part of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of KFRI. The papers are arranged under three major themes -natural forests and biodiversity, plantation forestry and, forests and people.

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KFRI on the global NET (http://kfri.org) and KFRI E-MAIL Inaugurated by K. Neela Lohidadasan Nadar (Hon’ble Minister of Forest, Govt. of Kerala)

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Published a Manual of the Non-Wood Forest Produce Plants of Kerala.

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Published a checklist on Forest Trees of Kerala.

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Published field Identification key for rattans of Kerala which is a useful publication for taxonomists and for the product manufacturers

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Published “Shola Forests of Kerala: Environment and Biodiversity”. A book organised into 18 chapters dealing with different aspects of shola or Southern mountain wet temperate forests of Kerala, like vegetation, flora, fauna, soil, water and management issues related to this specialised tropical ecosystem having affinities with temperate forests

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Published a ‘Handbook on Statistical Analysis in Forestry Research’.

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Released the ‘Teak planner’ functionally growth simulator for teak plantations. This is used to identify the optimum thinning schedule and rotation age for even aged teak stands under a range of site quality and management levels.

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Published book on Alien Weeds in Moist Tropical Zones: Banes and Benefits. It provides current status of exotic weed invasion in the moist tropical zones and the challenges they offer. The papers included in this proceedings basically deal with population characteristics, taxonomy, ecology and management aspects of the major weeds that occur in India. Information provided will be very useful to forest managers and scientists

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Released the CD on KFRI Research Reports 1-200

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Developed Root trainer technology for mass production of clonal planting stock.

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Released CD ROM on ‘The Teak Defoliator’, an important pest of teak.

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Published book on Integrated Management of the Alien Invasive Weed Mikania micrantha in the Western Ghats.

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Policy and legal Issues in cultivation and utilisation of Bamboo, Rattan and forest trees in private and community lands was released.

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Published manual of seeds of forest trees, bamboos and rattans

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Manuals on field Identification, nursery and silviculture techniques, preservative treatment methods, resource development and utilization and micropropagation of bamboos was published.

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Published proceeding of teak seminar on various aspects of teak cultivation, including Silviculture and management, tree improvement, pests, diseases and disorders, utilisation, and environmental issues representing the countries like India, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos) and in location where it has been established as an exotic plantation species (tropical West Africa, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Central America and the Caribbean.

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Published manuals for nursery, silviculture techniques, oil curing technology, protection against fungal staining and bio-deterioration of rattans.

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A comprehensive annotated bibliography on bamboos of the world was published with references to literature on bamboos from all over the world.

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Established Kerala Forest Seed Centre (KFSC) as a collaborative venture of Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) and Kerala Forest Department (KFD) at Peechi campus. The main objectives are to collect, process, store, certify and supply seeds of various forestry species to the stakeholders as per International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) standards. Since its inception, KFSC has provided about 300 tones certified seeds of forestry species.

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Published ‘Quality timber products of teak from sustainable forest management’. This is the proceedings of the international conference on Quality Timber Products of Teak from Sustainable Forest Management

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Published Bibliography on Teak, the first electronic bibliography on teak containing about 5000 references of world literature.

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Released CD on “Biology, ecology and control of Chromolena odorata, Lantana camara, Parthenium hysterophorus, Mimosa diplotricha, Michania micartha

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