Rob Whitton

Scion

Scion is the leading New Zealand Crown Research Institute in the areas of: • Sustainable forest management and tree improvement. • Forestry biosecurity, risk management and mitigation. • Wood processing, wood-related bioenergy, waste streams and other biomaterials. • Forestry and forestry-based ecosystem services to inform land-use decision making. Scion collaborates with other research providers and end-users to develop: • Land-based biosecurity, soil and freshwater management. • Climate change adaptation and mitigation. • Indigenous forestry. • Industrial biotechnology and high-value manufacturing.