Partnership Opportunities with Unbiased Experts

Working together to solve conservation issues while creating economic opportunities

Our Partners Span the County...the Globe

International Partnerships

United Kingdom

• Preparation of Guidelines for Countries to Estimate Harvested Wood Products Carbon Storage/Emission for Sinks and Emissions Reporting Called for Under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Australia

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  Comparison of Wood Preservatives Stake Test
  Monash University, Australia
  
• Comparison of Wood Preservatives Stake Test
  Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia

Austria

• Mechanisms of Soft Rot in Wood
  Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Canada

• Development of Improved Xylose Fermenting Yeasts
  Iogen Corporation, Ottawa , Ontario, Canada

• Charring Rates of Composite Lumber Products
  Canadian Wood Council, Ottawa , Ontario, Canada

• Energy Efficient, Cost Effective Process for High-Grade Super-Calandered Paper
  Irving Paper Company, St. John , New Brunswick, Canada

• Timber Rivet Connections
  TrusJoist, Annacis Island , British Columbia, Canada

• Performance of Western Redcedar
  Western Redcedar Lumber Association, Richland , British Columbia, Canada

• Wood Products Consumption in New Residential Housing 2004
  Forintek Canada Corporation, Canada

Chile

• Bioprocesses in Pulp and Paper Manufacture
  Catholic University, Santiago, Chile

Denmark

• Copper Tolerance in Brown-Rot Fungi and Correlation with Oxalic Acid Production
  University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Germany

• Modeling Decay Rate for Predicting Wood Performance Worldwide
  BFH, Hamburg, Germany

Japan

• Field Testing of NHA-Treated Southern Yellow Pine Stakes and Douglas-Fir for Decay and Formosan Termite Damage
  Fumikilla Total Systems, Ltd., Japan
  
• Field Testing of NHA-Treated Southern Yellow Pine Stakes and Douglas-Fir for Decay and Formosan Termite Damage
  SDS Biotech K.K., Japan
  
• Efficacy and Durability of Copper Cyproconazole Preservatives
  Fumikilla Total Systems, Ltd., Japan
  
• Efficacy and Durability of Copper Cyproconazole Preservatives
  SDS Biotech K.K., Japan

Korea

• Minimum Containerboard Refining Levels to Obtain Corrugated Fiberboard Strength
  Kangwon National University, Korea

New Zealand

• Assessment of Standing Timber
  Fibregen, New Zealand

Slovak Republic

• Room Corner Test Performance and Reaction to Fire of Wood Products and Other Building Materials
  Slovak Forest Products Research Institute, Slovak Republic

Sweden

• Enzyme Discovery for Fiber Modification
  Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  
• Development of DNA Sequencing and Cloning Techniques for Identification of Decay Fungi in Coarse Woody Debris
  Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Vietnam

• Preservation of Melaleuca cajuputi
  Can Tho University, Vietnam