Instituto Forestal

The Instituto Forestal (INFOR) or Instituto Forestal de Chile is a Chilean public service tasked with carrying out research and development programmes related to the forestry sector in Chile. It belongs to the belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture. Instituto Forestal begun in 1961 as a project by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), but was officially created by the Government of Chile in 1965. Currently it has 5 centers in Chile.


 * 1) Sede metropolitana in Santiago
 * 2) Sede Bio Bio in San Pedro de la Paz
 * 3) Sede Valdivia in Valdivia
 * 4) Sede Diaguita in La Serena
 * 5) Sede Patagonia in Coyhaique