The Silviculture Research Insitute implements basic and applied research on silviculture including:

• Silvicultural understanding of natural forests, plantations and agroforestry systems;
• Selecting tree species which are matched to site conditions, with high productivity and are suitable for reforestation, rehabilitation, forest improvement and agroforestry systems;
• Techniques for seedling production;
• Techniques and technologies for afforestation, forest improvement, promoting natural regeneration, forest enrichment and maintenance;
• Techniques for using fertilisers and biological fertiliser products for plantations and agroforestry systems.
• Site management for plantations and agroforestry systems;
• Scientific basis for forest inventory, planning, forest growth and yield estimation;
• Application of remote sensing techniques and GIS for research on forest inventory, planninng, forest growth and yield estimation;
• Techniques for cultivating and developing agroforestry systems;
• Developing forest tree species for biofuel and biomass energy;
• Developing urban forestry and landscape management.