The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)[2][3][4] is an autonomous organisation[5][6] or governmental agency under the MoEFCC, Government of India.

These are located at Dehradun, Shimla, Ranchi, Jorhat, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Prayagraj, Chhindwara, Aizawl, Hyderabad and Agartala.

[3][9] ICFRE was created in 1986, under the Central Ministry of Environment and Forests (Indians), to direct and manage research and education in forestry sector in India.

[10] The mandate of the ICFRE is to organise, direct and manage research and education in the forestry sector,[11] including in cooperation with FORTIP (UNDP[12]/FAO Regional Forest Tree Improvement Project), UNDP and World Bank on economically important species.

ICFRE established a National Bureau of Forest Genetic Resources (NBFGR).