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

Algeria

 * Institut national de recherche forestière (INRF) 

Ethiopia

 * Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute

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"
 * Merensky

Uganda

 * Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation

Canada

 * Atlantic Forestry Centre
 * Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
 * Centre for Forest Biology, Victoria, British Columbia
 * Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
 * Laurentian Forestry Centre
 * Northern Forestry Centre
 * Ontario Forest Research Institute
 * Pacific Forestry Centre
 * FPInnovations

Chile

 * Instituto Forestal, Ministry of Agriculture
 * Instituto de Bosques y Sociedad, Austral University of Chile

Puerto Rico

 * International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Suriname

 * Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname

United States

 * Forest Products Laboratory
 * Institute for Resource Information Systems
 * Institute of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (created by Washington State Legislature, 1947)
 * International Institute of Tropical Forestry
 * Northern Research Station
 * Oregon Forest Resources Institute
 * Pacific Northwest Research Station
 * Pacific Southwest Research Station
 * Rocky Mountain Research Station
 * Southern Research Station
 * USDA Forest Service, Research and Development Branch

Nepal

 * Forest Research and Training Centre (formerly Department of Forest Research and Survey)

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, Prayagraj
 * Forest College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Mettupalayam
 * 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, Bengaluru
 * Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
 * Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat
 * Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur
 * Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)
 * State Forest Research Institute, Chennai

Japan

 * Yamanashi Forest Research Institute

Korea

 * National Institute of Forest Science
 * Tree-Ring Research Center, Chungbuk National University

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 Forestry Agency under the Government of Tajikistan

Thailand

 * Forest Restoration Research Unit, Chiang Mai

Vietnam

 * Forestry Science Institute of Vietnam

Austria

 * Federal Forest Research Centre Vienna

Belgium

 * Research Institute for Nature and Forest

France

 * AgroParisTech Nancy

Finland

 * Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)

Germany

 * Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft
 * Forschungsanstalt für Waldökologie und Forstwirtschaft Rheinland-Pfalz
 * Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg
 * Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW - Lehr- und Versuchsforstamt Arnsberger Wald
 * Landesforst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Forstliches Versuchswesen
 * Landeskompetenzzentrum Forst Eberswalde (Brandenburg)
 * Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt (Niedersachsen, Hessen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein)
 * Sachsenforst - Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Forstwirtschaft
 * Thünen-Institut - Institut für Waldökosysteme
 * Thüringenforst - Forstliches Forschungs- und Kompetenzzentrum Gotha

Hungary

 * Hungarian Forest Research Institute

Latvia

 * Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"

Norway

 * Norwegian Forest Research Institute
 * Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Russia

 * Forestry Engineering Academy, Saint Petersburg
 * Saint Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, since 1929, Saint Petersburg
 * Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Belarus

 * Forest Research Instite, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Homel

Spain

 * Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)
 * Forest Research Centre (INIA-CIFOR)

Sweden

 * Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk)

Switzerland

 * Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)

United Kingdom

 * Forest Research (agency), Forestry Commission
 * Aberystwyth Research Unit
 * Alice Holt Research Station
 * Northern Research Station

Australia

 * Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

New Zealand

 * Scion (Crown Research Institute)