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

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

• Great Lakes Forestry Research Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Chile

• El Instituto Forestal

Puerto Rico

• International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Suriname

• Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname

United States

• Oregon Forest Resources Institute
• USDA Forest Products Laboratory
• USDA Forest Service Research and Development
• Institute for Resource Information Systems® (I.R.I.S.®)^[3]

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^[4]
• 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 (Myanmar), affiliated with the University of Forestry (Yezin)

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 -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^[5]

Belgium

• Research Institute for Nature and Forest

Finland

• Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)

Germany

• Bavarian State Institute of Forestry
• Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI), Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries

Norway

• Norwegian Forest Research Institute

Russia

• Forestry Engineering Academy, Saint Petersburg^[6]
• Saint Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, since 1929, Saint Petersburg^[7]
• Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Sweden

• Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk)

United Kingdom

• Forest Research (agency), Forestry Commission

Oceania

Australia

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

New Zealand

• Scion (Crown Research Institute)

See also

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

References

External links

• FAO Forest Research Institutions Database (2006)

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