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 nearly 130
Associate and Affiliate Members and seven Project Centres; 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.