Scion’s vision is

Prosperity from trees - Mai i te ngahere oranga

With 70 years’ of science and technological innovation backing us, Scion is uniquely placed to unleash the power of forestry to build economic value and achieve better environmental and social outcomes for New Zealand.

Our responsibility as a Crown research institute is to work with industry, government and Maori to achieve four national outcomes for New Zealand. These are:

Increase the value and productivity of New Zealand forestry, wood products, wood-derived and other biomaterial sectors
Protect and enhance market access and improve risk
Increase renewable energy production and energy security from forest biomass
Enhance benefits from forestry-based ecosystem services

  • With 70 years’ of science and technological innovation backing us, Scion is uniquely placed to unleash the power of forestry to build economic value and achieve better environmental and social outcomes for New Zealand.

  • Our responsibility as a Crown research institute is to work with industry, government and Maori to achieve four national outcomes for New Zealand. These are:

    Increase the value and productivity of New Zealand forestry, wood products, wood-derived and other biomaterial sectors

    Protect and enhance market access and improve risk

    Increase renewable energy production and energy security from forest biomass

    Enhance benefits from forestry-based ecosystem services

Trees are remarkable, renewable resources. Planted as forests they have a powerful potential to be at the heart of a low-carbon, biobased future New Zealand.