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Agroforestry
and Forestry Organizations
- agroforester.com
is a private educational and research organization based in Hawaii (USA)
that offers a free on-line journal, consulting services, workshops,
and tree seedlings, seeds, and plant inoculants.
- Agroforestry
Research Trust is a temperate agroforestry charity based in
England. Its staff conducts agroforestry research, and offer seed, plant,
and publications sales, tours, and courses.
- ETFRN
(European
Tropical Forest Research Network) is a forum for communication between
European organisations, researchers, EU institutions and others concerned
with (sub-)tropical forest research. They have a newsletter, provide
information on workshops and other resources.
- FACT
Net (the Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network) was a network
of community groups, development workers, tree breeders, researchers,
farmers, and students interested in multipurpose trees. FACT Net, which
focused on extension, communication and research, continues to run through
Winrock International.
- IUFRO
(International Union of Forest Research Organizations) is a non-profit,
non-governmental organization that aims to improve international collaboration
on forestry and forest products research.
- ASB
(Alternatives to Slash and Burn) is a global partnership of more that
50 institutions who are aiming to conserve forests and reduce poverty
in the humid tropics.
- The
World
Seed Program, which is run by the New Forests Project, supplies
tree seeds to farmers, environmental groups, women's cooperatives, municipal
governments, and others.
- The
Neem Foundation
is a non-profit organization based in India whose mission is to promote
global awareness of Neem. This page notes the uses, potential, and management
of neem.
- The
World Agroforestry Centre, CIFOR
(the Centre for International Forestry Research) and other related organizations
are described elsewhere on the general
organizations page.
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