The Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) – 中国林业科学院 is a national comprehensive and multidisciplinary forest research institution. Its research covers various fields, including forest ecology and environment, tree genetic improvement, silviculture, forest resources management, forest protection, wetlands restoration, desertification combating, grass seed industry and grassland protection, wood science and technology, forest product chemistry, and forestry development strategy.
CAF operates several research institutes and experimental centers, including:
- Research Institute of Forestry (Beijing)
- Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry (Fuyang, Zhejiang)
- Research Institute of Tropical Forestry (Guangzhou)
- Research Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques (Beijing)
- Research Institute of Resource Insects (Kunming)
- Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute
- Institute of Highland Forest Science
- Research Institute of Ecology Conservation and Restoration
- Research Institute of Forestry Policy and Information (Beijing)
- Research Institute of Wood Industry (Beijing)
- Institute of Desertification Studies (Beijing)
- Research Institute of Wetland (Beijing)
- Research Institute of Chemical Processing and Utilization of Forest Products (Nanjing)
- Beijing Research Institute of Forestry Machinery (Beijing)
- Harbin Institute of Forestry Machinery (Harbin)
- Research Institute of Forestry New Technology
- Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry (Pingxiang, Guangxi)
- Experimental Center of Subtropical Forestry (Fenyi, Jiangxi)
- Experimental Center of Desert Forestry (Dengkou, Inner Mongolia)
- Experimental Center of Forestry in North China (Beijing)
- Research and Development Center of Paulownia (Zhengzhou, Henan)
- Research Institute of Non-Timber Forestry
- Research Institute of Fast-Growing Trees
- China Eucalyptus Research and Development Center (Zhanjiang, Guangdong)
- Bamboo Research and Development Center of SFA
More information: http://www.caf.ac.cn/en/index.htm.
