The Regional Centre, National
Afforestation and Eco-Development Board, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong came into existence on 26th October,
1989. Since then Centre has been working in the areas related to afforestation and eco-development in the seven north-eastern
states viz., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura as per the mandate contained in the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board (NAEB), Ministry of
Environment and Forests, Government of India and North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong.
