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FVA

Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Wuerttemberg

Description

As the state's research institution, the FVA is responsible for forests and forestry in Baden-Württemberg and is assigned to the Ministry of Food, Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection (MLR). It takes on tasks that are important for society as a whole. Research, monitoring, knowledge transfer and consulting for politics, administration and companies make up the core of our work.

Our Mission Statement

  1. Our work contributes to the sustainable safeguarding of the social, ecological and economic values of forests for us and future generations.
  2. We provide scientifically sound information about the forest, its products and services.
  3. We impart knowledge and skills – comprehensible, applicable and enthusiastic.
  4. In operational and social processes, we are unbiased, advisory and moderating.
  5. We process inquiries in a friendly, competent and reliable manner.
  6. Through dialogue with practice, we learn something new for our work. Close to the experiences of the forest owners...
  7. Through national and international cooperation and participation in scientific discourse, we are working today on what will be important tomorrow.