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Centre
for Floristic Research (CFR)
is actively involved in exploring the flora of neighbourhood as well
as coastal
regions. One of the thrust areas of CFR
is
community knowledge. Dr. D. Narasimhan and his students have
participated in a
project on informal and formal knowledge systems, supported by
Indo-Shastri
Canadian institute. Staff and students of CFR have extensively worked
on the
native communities of Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and
Orissa.
CFR provides consultancy in the following areas 1. Plant identification
2.
Trees for Urban Forestry and 3. Environmental Impact Assessment.
CFR
has developed a data
base on Flowering Plants of Tamil Nadu for the Department of
Environment,
Government of Tamil Nadu. This database provides a complete list of
plants with
updated nomenclature, distribution within Tamil Nadu, local names,
endemic and
threatened status. CFR
has actively
collaborated in several training programmes on taxonomy. The centre has
hosted
a number of research scholars from foreign universities in
interdisciplinary
research especially related to biodiversity and community knowledge.
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Multi-Institutional Species Recovery Project funded
by DBT |
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Project
title |
Funding
Agency |
Year |
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Conservation and
restoration of two endemic and critically
endangered tree species [Syzygium gambleanum Rathakr.
& Chithra & Syzygium rama-varmae (Bourd.)
Chithra] from Agastyamalai Biosphere
Reserve through conventional and non-conventional propagation Click
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Department
of Biotechnology, New Delhi
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2010
- 2015
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Endemic
and Threatened Trees of Western
Ghats
of Kanyakumari District: Biology, Population and Mapping
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University
Grants Commission, New Delhi
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2006
- 2009
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Development
of arboretum and Conservation of native
forest and Medicinal plant species at Madras Christian
College Campus
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National
Botanic Research Institute, Lucknow
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2003
- 2004
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Preparation
of Database on Flora of Tamil Nadu
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Department
of Environment, Government of
Tamil Nadu
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2003
- 2004
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Developing
an arboretum in the dry evergreen forest area of Madras
Christian
College
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Ministry
of Environment &
Forests
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1999
- 2000
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Survey
of Medicinal Plants Traded in Chennai raw drug market
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Foundation
for Revitalization of Local Health
Traditions (FRLHT)
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1998
- 1999
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Plant
Genetic Resources; Formal and Informal Knowledge Systems
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Sasthri
Indo - Canadian Institute, New
Delhi
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1998
- 2001
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Maximization
of the value of native fodder grasses and
grazing lands
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Society
for Social Forestry, Research and
Development, Tamil Nadu
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1990
- 1993
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