Dimapur, Aug. 2 -- Nagaland's Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education-Rain Forest Research Institute (ICFRE-RFRI), Jorhat, to strengthen forestry research in the state.

Following the signing of the MoU at the Forest Office Complex in Dimapur, Director of ICFRE-RFRI, Jorhat, Nitin Kulkarni described the agreement as the beginning of a stronger partnership between the institute and the Nagaland government for the sustainable management of forest resources.

He said RFRI, which functions under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, has been conducting research on agroforestry, bamboo, agarwood and other...