Over the last decades the goals have expanded to cover a wide range of research fields.

[3] Source:[1] Promoting broad field research through a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach and with a close link to a wide range of departments.

Members are based in a number of academic departments, like Profs Brenda Wingfield, Sanushka Naidoo, Mike Wingfield, Bernard Slippers, Fanus Venter in Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, or Profs Catherine Sole, Almuth Hammerbacher, Brett Hurley, Abdullahi Yusuf, Christopher Weldon, Christian Pirk in Zoology and Entomology.

Undertaking research of the highest calibre, while at the same time providing short and long term benefits to the forestry and agricultural sectors of South Africa and beyond.

Establishing partnerships with industries not limited to forestry and agriculture, both nationally and internationally.