FAQs

You can fill in our online application form here: Membership application form

As an IUFRO member, you receive multiple exclusive benefits. Find out about them on our Become a Member page. We also provide some information on how to Collaborate in the network once you are a IUFRO member.

Membership fees are based on the country you reside in and depend on the type of membership (organizational membership or individual membership). You can find all our fees and types of membership on our Become a Member page. 

Our fees vary for low-income and high-income countries. Find out where your country ranges on the World Bank List of Economies (January 2022). 

If you are an individual you can register as so called "Associate Member". The annual fee is 66 Euro for low-income and lower middle-income economies, and 132 Euro for individuals residing in upper middle-income and high-income economies. Find out in which category your country falls from the World Bank List of Economies (January 2022). 

If the organization you work for is a IUFRO member, you are also already a part of IUFRO.

You can find all IUFRO Member Organizations here, please search for your organization to see if they are a member. If you are still unsure, please contact us and state the name of your organization.

If you are employed with your university in the field of forest research or forest-related research, if you are a PhD student in the field of forest research or forest-related research, or if you work freelance in the field of forest research or forest-related research alongside your studies you can become an associate member of IUFRO. 

Each organization pays a basic annual fee ranging from 328 EUR (low-income economies) to 819 EUR (high-income economies).
In addition, each Member Organization pays 164 EUR for every 10 researchers listed on the application form. Thus, the number of an organization’s researchers becoming members depends on the number of researchers listed and paid for by this member organization. Find an overview of our fees here.

IUFRO accepts bank transfers or credit card payments (Visa or MasterCard) for the payment of membership fees. You can find our online payment form in your personal area. Log in to your account, go to "My IUFRO" in the left menu and access the "Membership payment" form.

We will contact you within a couple of days to provide you with payment details. You are eligible to register for an online user account for the members’ area and other benefits once we confirm the receipt of your membership fee.

As a member you will automatically receive IUFRO’s monthly newsletter IUFRO News. As we send the newsletter to the email address(es) indicated in the application form, we ask you to contact us if you want us to send IUFRO News to a different email address.

We are creating a new feature for you to submit information through our online system! Until we have that ready for you, please send any information you would like to provide for the IUFRO website to office@iufro.org. 

As a member you can contact the Coordinator of a unit and indicate your interest in the group and its work. The Coordinator will then provide you with further details. You can find the Coordinators of a unit through our search or by accessing the unit’s webpage under the menu item “Our Work”. Additionally, you can always contact us for support and guidance.

Feel free to contact us through our form and indicate "Membership" as subject.

The acronym stands for International Union of Forest Research Organizations. IUFRO is a global scientific network for forest and trees related research cooperation established in 1892 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization. Find out more about IUFRO on our About IUFRO page.

You can find all our members on our Members Map.

The IUFRO network provides an array of opportunities for voluntary cooperation. The network is open to all individuals and organizations dedicated to forest and forest products research and related disciplines. IUFRO is organized in 9 scientific Divisions, over 50 Research Groups, more than 180 Working Parties and 9 interdisciplinary Task Forces, as well as Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives. There are almost 800 voluntary coordinators of these units. A vast majority of networking is implemented in the form of its more than 70 meetings every year as well as an IUFRO World Congress that is held every 5 years. Find out how you can Collaborate in IUFRO.

IUFRO was established in 1892 and has a long-standing history. Read more about it on Our History page.

IUFRO is a non-profit organization supported primarily by fees from our 700 Member Organizations. We receive additional funding through grants from a few institutions. Our Funding Partners include national governments, international organizations and institutions, private foundations and research agencies around the globe. A few additional partners support IUFRO on specific projects. Since our sources are limited, we appreciate Donations that can help us achieve our mission.

IUFRO has three Main Bodies that have relevant key functions to enable and support the Union's work including execution, decision-making and facilitation: The IUFRO Board, the International Council (IC) and IUFRO Headquarters.

Science in IUFRO is facilitated through our Divisions and Task Forces that focus on a variety of topics. In addition, we have three Special Programmes and Projects that provide services that support science collaboration.

IUFRO's field of scientific activity is spread over nine Divisions which cover key forest research fields. They support researchers in collaborative work and provide an organizational link among Research Groups and their associated Working Parties. 

Task Forces are established on a temporary basis for inter-disciplinary cooperation in inter-divisional forest research fields. Their focus is on emerging key issues that are of strong interests to policy makers and groups inside and outside the forest sector.

In general, IUFRO’s Special Programmes, Projects and IUFRO-led Initiatives provide various services to the global forest science community and stakeholders including policy support, information management and capacity development. Currently, we have three main Special Programmes that support science collaboration in IUFRO: The Science-Policy Programme (SciPol), the Special Programme for Development of Capacities (SPDC), and World Forests, Society and Environment (WFSE). We also have some projects with partners.

We are sorry for any inconvenience, but we are building a new iufro.org. During the transition some pages will be swapped out for new ones. Please try using our search and if you still cannot find what you are looking for, please come back later. We are updating pages and sections daily. 

We are sorry for the inconvenience. As we are building a new iufro.org, it might happen that some information is not yet available in the new system. If you are looking for something specific, please contact us and we can send you the needed information.

Please contact us at the IUFRO Secretariat and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

We have a brand new Library on our IUFRO website. You can use the search field and filters to find exactly what you are looking for or you can simply scroll through our latest publications and other resources like podcasts and training materials to get inspired.

Go to our Events section, here you have several options to find an event: You can use the search and filters to look for specific topics / dates / locations etc. Alternatively, you can look through the events that are listed with the latest event first. Use the "View As" function on the right bottom of the search bar to switch between grid, detail, list or calendar view.

We added a new function for you to save and share information from the IUFRO website. You can find the "save" and "share" icons below all news, events and publication entries on our website. 

Save: By clicking the "save" icon, the item will automatically be stored in your personal login area on the IUFRO website. Please note that you must be part of the IUFRO network to login and access this function.

Share: By clicking the "share" icon, you can share information from the IUFRO website with your network through social media platforms or email. Try it out to keep your network informed.

You can only log in if you are a part of the IUFRO network. As a member or officeholder, you should have received your login credentials via mail, so please try searching your inbox for it. If you did not yet receive a login, please request to register here. If you are still having troubles accessing your account, please contact us. Our login area currently has a limited number of features, but we are building it up to include more benefits for you, so make sure to regularly check our website for more.