The purpose of the Institute is to undertake research on the pan-European level on forest policy, including its environmental aspects, on the ecology, multiple use, resources and health of European forests and on the supply of and demand for timber and other forest products and services in order to promote the conservation and sustainable management of forests in Europe.
Namen inštituta je izvajati raziskave na vseevropski ravni o gozdni politiki, vključno z njenimi okoljskimi vidiki, ekologiji, večnamenski rabi, virih in zdravju evropskih gozdov ter o ponudbi lesa, drugih gozdnih proizvodov in storitev ter o povpraševanju po njih, da se v Evropi spodbudita ohranjanje in trajnostno gospodarjenje z gozdovi.