About ffp

ffp - the Forestry and Forest Products Research Centre - is a joint venture between CSIR's Natural Resources and the Environment operating unit and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, an initiative that brings together academia and industrial research.

Our focus lies in maximising value extraction for plantation-grown softwoods and hardwoods, within the pulp and paper processing industry and the plantation growing industries that support it. We achieve this through:

aligning our research strategy and activities with market needs;
improving knowledge of the forest resource, and its impact on processing industries through scientifically excellent research and development; and
transferring knowledge to the market through innovative IT-based solutions

The short-term goal of the Centre is to establish a thriving postgraduate research facility, working in close collaboration with the CSIR's established contract research team.