List of forestry technical schools

Mbalmayo National Forestry School, Cameroon

This is a list of secondary, tertiary and technical schools, and practical training institutes around the world offering one- or two-year Forestry Technician and related degrees, diplomas or certificates, grouped by continent and country.^[1]

(For higher educational institutions offering bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees in forestry and related fields see: List of forestry universities and colleges.)

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Africa

Cameroon

• École pour la Formation de Spécialistes de la Faune - Garoua
• Mbalmayo National Forestry School, Mbalmayo^[2]

Côte d'Ivoire

• School of Fauna and Protected Areas of Bouaflé
• Banco Forestry School

Guinea

• National School for Technicians of the National Forestry Commission (ENATEF)

Kenya

• Kenya Forestry College, Londiani

Malawi

• Malawi College of Forestry and Wildlife, Dedza

Mali

• Forestry Practical Training Centre of Tabakoro (CFPF)

Mauritania

• National School for Training and Rural Extension (Kaédi)

Niger

• Practical Institute of Rural Development (IPDR)

Senegal

• Center of Forest Recycling, Thies
• National Center for the Formation of Water and Forest Technicians, Hunting, and National Parks (CNETEFCPN)
• National School of Rural Frameworks (ENCR)

Tanzania

• Forest Training Institute, Olmotonyi

Tunisia

• Sylvo-Pastoral Institute of Tabarka, University of Jendouba

Uganda

• Nyabyeya Forestry College

Zambia

• Zambia Forestry College

Zimbabwe

• Forest Industries Training Centre (FITC)

Americas

Bolivia

• Technical School of Forestry, Universidad Mayor de San Simón

Brazil

• President Costa e Silva State Forestry School

Canada

• Forest Technology Program, Maritime College of Forest Technology, New Brunswick^[3]
• Forestry Resources Technology Programme, Vancouver Island University, British Columbia

Costa Rica

• La Fundación Escuela de Reforestación de Costa Rica (FERCO)

Ecuador

• School of Agroforestry, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo

Guatemala

• Escuela Nacional Central de Agricultura (ENCAA)

Mexico^[4]

• Instituto Tecnológico Agropecuario de Tabasco
• Instituto Tecnológico de El Salto
• Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Zongolica
• Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Oaxaca

United States^[5]

• Reedley College, Reedley, CA
• Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA
• Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD
• University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort Kent, ME
• Itasca Community College, Grand Rapids, MN
• Vermilion Community College, Ely, MN

SUNY-ESF Ranger School, Wanakena

• Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
• Montgomery Community College, Troy, NC
• Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC
• Thompson School, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
• Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY
• SUNY-ESF Ranger School, Wanakena, New York
• Hocking College, Nelsonville, OH
• Eastern Oklahoma State College, Wilburton, OK
• Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR
• Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
• Penn State Mont Alto, PA
• Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
• Horry-Georgetown Technical College, Conway, SC
• Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Clifton Forge, VA
• Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
• Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
• Glenville State College, Glenville, WV

Asia

India

• Central Academy for State Forest Services, Dehradun
• Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun
• Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun

Indonesia

• Bakti Rimba Forestry Vocation School, Bogor-West Java

Iran

• Kalak Natural Resources Training Center
• Kelarabad Natural Resources Training Center

Laos

• Bolikhamxay Agriculture and Forestry School
• Champasack Agriculture and Forestry School
• Dongkhamxang School of Agriculture and Forestry
• Louang Prabang Agriculture and Forestry School
• Muang Mai School of Forestry
• Sepone Agroforestry Training Center

Malaysia

• Forestry Training School, Sabah Forestry Institute
• Furniture Industry Technology Centre (FITEC) under MARA
• Wood Industry Skills Development Centre (WISDEC) under Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB)

Pakistan

• Punjab Forest School, Bahawalpur

Europe

Czech Republic

• Bedrich Schwarzenberg's Forestry College and Secondary Forestry School
• Vocational School of Forestry in Trutnov

Finland

• Forestry Study Programme, Häme Polytechnic
• Forestry and Wood Technology, Pohjois-Savo Polytechnic
• Unit of Natural Resources, Sodankylä Vocational Institute (SKAI)
• Swedish Vocational Institute

École Supérieure du Bois, Nantes

France

• Crogny Forestry College
• École Supérieure du Bois (French) (ESB), Nantes
• Javols Forestry College
• Meymac Forestry College

Norway

• Sønsterud Forestry School

Romania

• Forestry Technic College of Campina
• Secondary Forestry School of Rucar
• Colegiul Silvic Theodor Pietraru Branesti

Russia

• Lisino Forestry College
• All-Russian Institute of Continuous Education in Forestry (ARICEF)

Switzerland

Merrist Wood College

• Centre forestier de formation Lyss (CEFOR-LYSS)

Ukraine

• Carpathian Forestry College
• Lubny Forest Engineering College

United Kingdom

• Barony College
• Herefordshire College of Technology^[6]
• Scottish School of Forestry, Inverness College
• Merrist Wood College, Guildford College of Further and Higher Education
• Lincolnshire College of Agriculture
• Pomeroy Forestry School
• Sparsholt College Hampshire

See also

• List of historic schools of forestry

External links

• Euro Forest Portal, listing of "institutions, faculties and departments that provide forestry-related higher education in Europe", European Forestry Institute
• Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools

References

1. "Forestry education institutions database". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-01. The database contains the contact information on 356 forestry education institutions from 78 countries [and was] last updated during 2000-2001.
2. Lukong Pius Nyuylime, "Cameroon: New Training Programme for Mbalmayo Forestry School," allAfrica.com, November 7, 2006. Accessed: January 16, 2013.
3. "How Do the Programs Work?" Maritime College of Forest Technology. Accessed: January 20, 2013
4. "El Proceso de Acreditación de la Carrera Forestal en México" (PDF) (Press release) (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional Forestal. Estatus de las Instituciones de Enseñanza Forestal en México en Relación a la Acreditación.
5. CEFTS, "Forest Technician Schools" Accessed: May 15, 2012.
6. UK Forestry Commission