List of forest research institutes

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

• 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

• 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

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

External links

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