Ensis: an arranged marriage or a tale of trans Tasman love?

摘要

At the IUFRO World Congress in Brisbane in August 2005 the Presidents Discussion and the Directors Forum both focused on changes in research organizations and the ongoing competition for resources to support forest and forest industries research. Oneorganizational change that attracted more attention than most was the formation of ensis a trans Tasman unincorporated joint venture between the Australian CSIRO (formerly CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products (FFP)) and the New Zealand Crown Research Institute, Forest Research. The latter has contributed part of its resources to the joint venture and rebranded the balance as Scion. Whilst the joint venture commenced 1 July 2004 it was expanded from 1 July 2005 to incorporate all of resources of CSIRO FFP.