Programmes & Schemes
The aim of the program is to support R&D projects on Forest Biotechnology with a focus on cutting-edge biotechnological interventions for forest and biodiversity conservation, optimal resource utilization and climate change mitigation, to encourage R&D programs in emerging areas of Forest Biotechnology aiming at conservation of forests; promoting sustainable use of bioresources, such as medicinal plants, tree-borne oil seeds, resin and wax yielding plants; developing tools for mitigation and adaptation of climate change impacts; and enhancing carbon sequestration by the forest vegetation using state-of-the-art biotechnological approaches.