# 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
### Algeria

* Institut national de recherche forestière (INRF) (in French)

### 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

## 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

* 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

## Asia
### 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

## Europe
### 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

## Oceania
### Australia

* Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

### New Zealand

* Scion (Crown Research Institute)