About US
The forest and rangeland research department is compatible with the existing research departments in the country's forest and rangeland research institute based on priorities, scientific-specialist power and available facilities in the fields of forest, rangeland, botany, medicinal plants, fir and fast-growing trees,  plant gene bank and Cytogenetic prepares and implements research projects and presents and publishes their results.

Currently, this department has 3 academic members and 3 non-academic members (senior experts) with expertise in the fields of forestry, genetics, wood industries, and botany, with the implementation of 40 research projects in the fields of evaluation of pasture cultivars, poplar, revitalization of oak forests, investigation The habitat needs of important forest species, cytogenetics of pasture species, investigation of the habitat needs of pasture species, botany and medicinal plants are active. So far, in this department, in addition to the final reports of more than 50 research projects, more than 200 scientific articles have been published in national and international meetings or in prestigious scientific-research journals.

History
    The forest and rangeland research department has started its activity since 1365 under the title of forest and rangeland research department. From the beginning, this department was directly affiliated with the Research Institute of Forests and Ranges and started research activities in the field of natural resources of Kermanshah and Ilam provinces with a small number of experts and technicians. Since 1370, after the separation of the duties of the Ministries of Sazandegi Jihad from the Ministry of Agriculture and the establishment of provincial natural resources and livestock affairs research centers, this department, as one of the departments of the Kermanshah Province Natural Resources and Livestock Affairs Research Center, has expanded its activities at the level The province continued. After that, research projects were prepared and implemented by recruiting experts in fields related to natural resources in the fields of forest, pasture, fir and botany. Since 1382, with the merger of the Ministries of Sazandegi Jihad and Agriculture and the merger of research centers, this department has continued its research activity as one of the departments of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Kermanshah province.

Duties
     Identification of plant species of the province, including flowerless and excellent plants, and cooperation in compiling the flora of Iran
     Studying plant ecology and identifying and introducing plant communities of the province and aquatic habitats
     Studying the classification of plant species using molecular and karyotypic markers
     Collecting and examining the genetic diversity of the germplasm of plant species of the province
     Determining the habitat requirements of trees and the role of environmental factors in the development and expansion of forest types
      Research on different methods of revitalization and enrichment of thin and damaged forests
     Investigation of seeding and seedling methods with oak species in the forest
     Investigating the reproduction of forest species
     Checking the compatibility of native and non-native cultivars and determining suitable poplar cultivars for short-term exploitation
     Assessment of pasture species to improve and increase pasture production
     Examining the appropriate methods of establishment of the best pasture auctions
     Balancing rangeland capacity with livestock numbers through rangeland harvestable forage projects
     Investigating and determining the ecological needs of medicinal plants in natural habitats
     Quantitative and qualitative investigation of essential oils of aromatic plants of the province
     Examining the compatibility of some medicinal species in the form of a collection of medicinal plants
     Investigating the performance of important medicinal species in the climatic conditions of the province

Introduction

The herbarium of Kermanshah Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center has been registered with the RANK ID in international forums and the list of world herbariums.
The collection of plant samples of Kermanshah province started in 1368 by engineer Mohammad Fatahiand subsequently, the plan to collect and identify plant samples of the province was carried out.

Duties

In fact, herbarium is a kind of museum that can be used as a raw information bank. Each plant sample contains information about the habitat, the characteristics of the plant at the time of collection and the taxonomy to which it belongs, as well as other information recorded on its label. In the herbarium, in addition to dry pressed plants, there are all relevant documents such as floras and botanical books, manuscripts, photographs, photomicrographs, printed and unpublished reports, drawings, etc. Herbariums are considered one of the most reliable and principled research centers in the field of plant diversity in any country. In other words, herbarium is a permanent treasure of plant samples of a region and the best source of information about its plants. Considering that the samples in a herbarium usually include a collection of samples collected from different places and by different people at different times, they contain useful information about the biodiversity of plants in that area. Researchers of various sciences, especially botanists, will be able to observe the results of the work of other researchers without conducting field studies, and use their information, or complete and correct them, by using the samples of authentic herbariums.

Specialized fields of activity

Collecting and identifying different plant species

Herbarium staffs

Nastaran Jalilian
Associate Professor of  Plant Systematics
Head of Forest and Pasture Department

najalilian@gmail.com; n.jalilian@areeo.ac.ir