Bhopal, Feb. 6 -- In a significant boost to forest governance and environmental education, the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) is set to establish two more campuses at Kurseong in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills and Mayurbhanj in Odisha, a top official said on Friday.
The institute plans to roll out MBA and specialised programmes in forest conservation and livelihoods from the Kurseong campus starting this year, IIFM Chief Executive Officer Yogesh Kumar Dubey told a group of visiting journalists.
The Kurseong campus will focus on some of India's most pressing ecological challenges - climate change, human-wildlife conflict, forest-dependent livelihoods, the Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006, and issues related to eviction and conser...