Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft (BFH) - Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products in Hamburg is an independent scientific institution in the portfolio of the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture. 

BFH has an international reputation in all aspects of wood technology. The Institute of Wood Biology and Wood Protection carries out fundamental and applied research in the fields of tree growth and wood formation, wood structure and structure/property relationships, nature and efficient control of organisms involved in wood biodeterioration, and long-term protection of timber in service as well as recycling of timber. The institute cooperates with other European wood research institutes within the Eurowood Network.  

BFH is represented in the Bamboo Thematic Network project by Dr. Rolf-Dieter Peek and Dr. Hans Leithoff. Both scientists have done pioneering work on the heat treatment of bamboo in the INCO project 'Sustainable Management and quality improvement of bamboo and products'.