FAO Forestry Programme
- http://www.fao.org/forestry/
- Part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Addressing the problem of how to use forest resources to improve people's condition while ensuring that the resource is conserved to meet the needs of future generations.
Forintek Canada Corp.
- http://www.forintek.ca
- A private, non-profit wood products research and development corporation. It was established in 1979 as Canada's applied research institute for the solid wood products industry.
Harvard Forest - Harvard University
- http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/
- A base for research and education in forest biology. Focus on silviculture and forest management, soils and the development of forest site concepts, the biology of temperate and tropical trees, forest ecology and economics and ecosystem dynamics. Links to research data, publications, education and outreach.
Kerala Forest Research Institute
- http://www.kfri.org
- Established under the Science and Technology policy adopted by the Government of Kerala as an autonomous institution to undertake research in forestry and biodiversity.
METLA: Finnish Forest Research Institute
- http://www.metla.fi/
- An independent research organization under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. It produces research-based information for decision-makers, forest industries and practical forestry, as well as for the public at large.
Oregon State University Research Forests
- http://www.cof.orst.edu/resfor/
- Living laboratories where active forest management practices provide teaching, research and demonstration opportunities for students of all ages, forest managers, and Oregonians. Links to research, inventories, geospatial data, recreation, and all of the university's research forests.
SEREX
- http://www.serex.qc.ca/english/index.htm
- Serex leads research activities for the needs of the transformation of the forest products industry and offers a variety of services to the participants of the forest products transformation.
Stand Management Cooperative
- http://www.cfr.washington.edu/research.smc/
- Cooperative effort of the forest products industry, state and federal organizations, to provide a continuing source of high quality information on the long-term effects of silvicultural treatments and treatment regimes on stand and tree growth and development and on wood and product quality.
The Institute of Wood Science
- http://www.iwsc.org.uk/
- Promotes and encourages a better understanding of timber, wood-based materials and associated timber processes. Journals, annual meetings, courses and membership information. United Kingdom.
USFS - Northeastern Research Station
- http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/
- Conducts extensive research to enhance and protect productivity on all of America's forests and rangelands with special attention to long-term resource issues of national and international scope in the northeastern United States.
USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station - PNW
- http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/
- Organized into seven programs conducted at ten locations: nine laboratories in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, and a Wood Utilization Center in Sitka, Alaska. Forestry research sites were established to evaluate and disseminate information and technology to improve management and use of natural resources.
USGS - Cascadia Field Station
- http://fresc.usgs.gov/cascadia/
- Provides research, publications, geospatial data, news and information. Studies the biological and social aspects of resource management issues in national parks and other protected areas on public lands throughout the Northwest and beyond. Located at the University of Washington
USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
- http://fresc.usgs.gov/
- Provides scientific understanding and technology to support sound management and conservation of forest and rangeland ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. FRESC employs research scientists, technical professionals, and administrative staff with expertise in a wide range of program areas.
World Forest Institute
- http://wfi.worldforestrycenter.org/
- Access to information on international markets, new products, evolving technologies, wood species and characteristics, and emerging trends in forestry. A division of the World Forestry Center.
