About EFI
EFI is an international organisation established by European States. It is the leading institution conducting and advocating forest research and facilitating forest research networking at the pan-European level. It is an acknowledged provider of and a major contact point for unbiased, policy-relevant information on European forests and forestry.
The EFI has an extensive network made up of approximately 130 Associate and Affiliate Members; it offers the best forest research contacts and acknowledged collaboration at the European level.
The purpose of the Institute is to undertake research on the pan-European level on forest policy, including its environmental aspects, on the ecology, multiple use, resources and health of European forests and on the supply of and demand for timber and other forest products and services in order to promote the conservation and sustainable management of forests in Europe.
Each year EFI employs some forty researchers, trainees, scholars and research support staff members who represent some 15 nationalities at any given moment.