List of forest research institutes

CIFOR headquarters, Bogor

This is a list of forest research institutes around the world, by continent and country. It includes research institutions with a primary focus on forest science, forestry, forest management, and related fields.

International

• Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
• Center for Tropical Forest Science, Panama City, Panama
• European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Vienna, Austria

Africa

Ghana

• Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

Kenya

• Kenya Forestry Research Institute

Malawi

• Forestry Research Institute of Malawi

Nigeria

• Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria

South Africa

• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
• Institute for Commercial Forestry Research
• Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria
• Forestry and Forest Products Research Center, Durban, "a joint venture between CSIR's Natural Resources and the Environment operating unit and the University of KwaZulu-Natal"^[1]
• Merensky^[2]

Uganda

• Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation

Americas

Canada

Ontario Forest Research Institute

• Atlantic Forestry Centre^[3]
• Canadian Wood Fibre Centre^[4]
• Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario^[5]
• Laurentian Forestry Centre^[6]
• Northern Forestry Centre^[7]
• Pacific Forestry Centre^[8]

Chile

• El Instituto Forestal

Puerto Rico

• International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Suriname

• Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname

United States

• Forest Products Laboratory^[9]
• I.R.I.S.® - Institute for Resource Information Systems (TM/SM)^[10]
• International Institute of Tropical Forestry^[11]
• Northern Research Station^[12]
• Oregon Forest Resources Institute
• Pacific Northwest Research Station^[13]
• Pacific Southwest Research Station^[14]
• Rocky Mountain Research Station^[15]
• Southern Research Station^[16]
• USDA Forest Service Research and Development

Asia

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (formerly, Forest Products Research Laboratory)

India

Forest Research Institute, Dehadrun

Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur

• Advanced Research Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Aizawl
• Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur
• Centre for Forest Based Livelihood and Extension, Agarlata
• Centre for Forestry Research and Human Resource Development, Chhindwara
• Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-Rehabilitation, Allahabad
• Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam^[17]
• Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
• Forest Research Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Forest Department
• Gujarat Forest Research Institute
• Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla
• Institute of Forest Biodiversity, Hyderabad
• Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
• Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi
• Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Banglore
• Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
• Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
• Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
• Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)

Japan

• Yamanashi Forest Research Institute

Korea

• Korea Forest Research Institute

Lao P.D.R.

• National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute

Malaysia

• Forest Research Institute Malaysia
• Malaysia Palm Oil Board

Myanmar (Burma)

• Forest Research Institute, affiliated with the University of Forestry (Yezin)

Pakistan

• Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar

Taiwan

• Taiwan Forestry Research Institute

Tajikistan

• Tajik State Forest Research Institute, Dushanbe, affiliated with the Committee of Environmental Protection (Tajikistan), under the Government of Tajikistan; Dr. Muratov Rustam is Director of Institute and Co-Chairman of Tajik Social and Ecological Union

Vietnam

• Forestry Science Institute of Vietnam

Europe

Metla research forest

Austria

• Federal Forest Research Centre Vienna^[18]

Belgium

• Research Institute for Nature and Forest

Finland

• Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)

Germany

• Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft^[19]
• Forschungsanstalt für Waldökologie und Forstwirtschaft Rheinland-Pfalz^[20]
• Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg^[21]
• Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW - Lehr- und Versuchsforstamt Arnsberger Wald^[22]
• Landesforst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Forstliches Versuchswesen^[23]
• Landeskompetenzzentrum Forst Eberswalde (Brandenburg)^[24]
• Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt (Niedersachsen, Hessen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein)^[25]
• Sachsenforst - Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Forstwirtschaft^[26]
• Thünen-Institut - Institut für Waldökosysteme^[27]
• Thüringenforst - Forstliches Forschungs- und Kompetenzzentrum Gotha^[28]

Norway

• Norwegian Forest Research Institute

Russia

• Forestry Engineering Academy, Saint Petersburg^[29]
• Saint Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, since 1929, Saint Petersburg^[30]
• Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Spain

• Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)^[31]

Sweden

• Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk)

United Kingdom

• Aberystwyth Research Unit^[32]
• Alice Holt Research Station^[33]
• Forest Research (agency), Forestry Commission
• Northern Research Station ^[34]

Oceania

Australia

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

New Zealand

• Scion (Crown Research Institute)

See also

• List of environmental research institutes
• List of forestry universities and colleges
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome
• International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) network, Michigan, US
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Vienna
• World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
• World Forestry Congress

References

1. Official website. Accessed: September 28, 2012.
2. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Accessed: March 11, 2012.
3. "Atlantic Forestry Centre".
4. "Canadian Wood Fibre Centre".
5. "Great Lakes Forestry Centre".
6. "Laurentian Forestry Centre".
7. "Northern Forestry Centre".
8. "Pacific Forestry Centre".
9. "USDA Forest Service - Forest Products Laboratory".
10. I.R.I.S.® - Institute for Resource Information Systems (TM/SM). Accessed February 12, 2015.
11. "IITF - Home".
12. "Northern Research Station".
13. "Pacific Northwest Research Station".
14. "Pacific Southwest Research Station".
15. "Rocky Mountain Research Station - RMRS - US Forest Service".
16. "USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station".
17. "Forest College and Research Institute", Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Accessed: November 7, 2012.
18. BFW, "History" Accessed: May 7, 2012.
19. "Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft".
20. http://www.fawf.wald-rlp.de/
21. "Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt BW".
22. "Lehr- und Versuchsforstamt Arnsberger Wald - Wald & Holz". 4 April 2016.
23. "Landesforst M-V - Forstliches Versuchswesen".
24. "Landeskompetenzzentrum Forst Eberswalde (LFE)".
25. "Aktuelles". nw-fva.de.
26. Gerstenberger, Andy. "Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Forstwirtschaft".
27. "Thünen-Institut: Waldökosysteme".
28. "Forstliches Forschungs- und Kompetenzzentrum Gotha - Thüringen Forst". Thüringen Forst. 15 March 2016.
29. St. Petersburg Encyclopedia. Accessed: May 6, 2012.
30. Official website. Accessed September 28, 2012.
31. http://www.ctfc.cat
32. "Contact us - Forest Research in Wales (Forest Research)".
33. "Alice Holt Research Station".
34. "Northern Research Station".

External links

• Media related to Forest research institutes at Wikimedia Commons
• FAO Forest Research Institutions Database (2006)