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- Scion specialises in research, science and technology development for forestry, wood and wood-derived materials.
- Manages and improves forests, keeps forests safe from pests, weeds and disease, and makes products from wood.
- Leading Crown research institute in sustainable forest management and tree improvement, forestry biosecurity, risk management and mitigation, wood processing, wood-related bioenergy, waste streams and other biomaterials.
- Provides forestry and forestry-based ecosystem services and 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.
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