Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais (IPEF)

IPEF (Forestry Science and Research Institute) was created in 1968, as a nonprofit institution. Its mission is to promote the scientific, technological and sustainable development of the forest sector. The mission of the forest protection program (Protef) in IPEF is to promote the establishment of integrated management of forest pests, study the insect pests, plant pathogens and the occurrence of fires and their effects on forest ecosystems and develop appropriate technologies, based on technical, economic, social and environmental considerations, to control these agents.