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, Bogor, Indonesia
- Center for Tropical Forest Science, Panama City, Panama
- European Forest Institute, Joensuu, Finland
- Forest Research Organizations Vienna, Austria
Africa
Algeria
- Institut national de recherche forestière ''''
Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute
Ghana
Kenya
- Kenya Forestry Research Institute
Malawi
- Forestry Research Institute of Malawi
Nigeria
South Africa
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
- Institute for Commercial Forestry Research
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, 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
Americas
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
Suriname
United States
- Forest Products Laboratory
- Institute for Resource Information Systems
- Institute of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- 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
Asia
Nepal
- Forest Research and Training Centre
Bangladesh
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
- State Forest Research Institute, Chennai
Japan
- Yamanashi Forest Research Institute
Korea
- National Institute of Forest Science
Lao P.D.R.
- National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute
Malaysia
Myanmar (Burma)
- Forest Research Institute, affiliated with the University of Forestry (Yezin)
Pakistan
- Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar
Taiwan
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
Europe
Austria
- Federal Forest Research Centre Vienna
Belgium
France
- AgroParisTech Nancy
Finland
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
- Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt
- Sachsenforst - Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Forstwirtschaft
- Thünen-Institut - Institut für Waldökosysteme
- Thüringenforst - Forstliches Forschungs- und Kompetenzzentrum Gotha
Greece
Hungary
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
Spain
- Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia
- Forest Research Centre
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
- Forest Research, Forestry Commission
- * Aberystwyth Research Unit
- * Alice Holt Research Station
- * Northern Research Station