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"^[1]
• Merensky^[2]

Uganda

• Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation

Americas

Canada

• Atlantic Forestry Centre^[3]
• Canadian Wood Fibre Centre^[4]
• Centre for Forest Biology, Victoria, British Columbia^[5]
• Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario^[6]
• Laurentian Forestry Centre^[7]
• Northern Forestry Centre^[8]
• Ontario Forest Research Institute
• Pacific Forestry Centre^[9]
• FPInnovations^[10]

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^[11]
• Institute for Resource Information Systems^[12]
• Institute of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (created by Washington State Legislature, 1947)^{[citation needed]}
• International Institute of Tropical Forestry^[13]
• Northern Research Station^[14]
• Oregon Forest Resources Institute
• Pacific Northwest Research Station^[15]
• Pacific Southwest Research Station^[16]
• Rocky Mountain Research Station^[17]
• Southern Research Station^[18]
• USDA Forest Service, Research and Development Branch

Asia

Nepal

• Forest Research and Training Centre^[19] (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^[20]
• 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^[21]

Belgium

• Research Institute for Nature and Forest

France

• AgroParisTech Nancy

Finland

• Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)

Germany

• Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft^[22]
• Forschungsanstalt für Waldökologie und Forstwirtschaft Rheinland-Pfalz^[23]
• Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg^[24]
• Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW - Lehr- und Versuchsforstamt Arnsberger Wald^[25]
• Landesforst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Forstliches Versuchswesen^[26]
• Landeskompetenzzentrum Forst Eberswalde (Brandenburg)^[27]
• Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt (Niedersachsen, Hessen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein)^[28]
• Sachsenforst - Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Forstwirtschaft^[29]
• Thünen-Institut - Institut für Waldökosysteme^[30]
• Thüringenforst - Forstliches Forschungs- und Kompetenzzentrum Gotha^[31]

Hungary

• Hungarian Forest Research Institute

Latvia

• Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"^[32]

Norway

• Norwegian Forest Research Institute
• Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research^[33]

Russia

• Forestry Engineering Academy, Saint Petersburg^[34]
• Saint Petersburg Forestry Research Institute, since 1929, Saint Petersburg^[35]
• 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)^[36]
• Forest Research Centre (INIA-CIFOR)^[37]

Sweden

• Forestry Research Institute of Sweden (Skogforsk)

Switzerland

• Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)^[38]

United Kingdom

• Forest Research (agency), Forestry Commission
  • Aberystwyth Research Unit^[39]
  • Alice Holt Research Station^[40]
  • Northern Research Station ^[41]

Oceania

Australia

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

New Zealand

• Scion (Crown Research Institute)