The Regional Centre over the years has played significant role in Human Resources Development Activities by organizing over 100 Workshops, 130 Training Programmes on contemporary management issues and a good number of Field Demonstration Projects for thousands of Participants of the State Forest Departments (West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Territory) as well as for the grass root level Community / Organizations.
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The Centre has in the credit of about 55 important field Studies and over a dozen of Success Stories/Case Studies covering a wide spectrum of pertinent issues & events on Natural Resources Management in Eastern Region.
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It has successfully carried out the field monitoring and evaluation work for over 300 Centrally Sponsored Projects (AOFFP, IAEDP, NTFP, IPVM, Sample Check etc.) throughout the Country as assigned by the NAEB from time to time.
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The Centre has prepared 3 Status Reports on Natural resources of three different states and also several Wasteland Maps for different States within its territorial jurisdiction.
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The cost-effective Agro-forestry model for Red lateritic Wastelands in Bankura district of West Bengal and Model Biological Reclamation for abandoned Collieries in BCCL, Dhandbad, Jharkhand are the two successful work of the Centre, which can be followed by many.
During the process this Centre has developed considerable expertise and also generated a sound information base in the field of Natural Resource Management and Eco-development that can be utilized for further course of Eco-development. In recent past Regional Centre has jointly organized a State Level Workshop on Evolution of Joint Forest Management Strategies and Norms for the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands under the sponsorship of Andaman & Nicobar Administration.
