1. Preparation materials: The applicant institution needs to prepare relevant application materials, including the basic introduction of the institution, business scope, service content, team members, research activity design scheme, safety management system, etc.

2. Submit the application: submit the prepared application materials to the relevant departments of the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau or the provincial forestry and grassland bureau.

3. Review and evaluation: After the application materials are submitted, the relevant departments will review and evaluate the qualifications, capabilities and service contents of the organization, which may include on-site visits.

4. Announcement: After the approval, the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau or the provincial forestry and grassland bureaus will issue an announcement to announce the selection results.

5. Certificate issuance: The selected institutions will receive certificates issued by the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau and become national forestry research service institutions.

Forest education refers to an outdoor learning process and practice that provides children or teenagers with opportunities to experience in the forest environment, thus cultivating their self-confidence and self-esteem. It is defined as "an inspiring process, which provides children, teenagers and adults with regular opportunities to realize and develop self-confidence and self-esteem through practical learning in the woodland environment".

Similarities and differences between forest education and nature education

The similarity between forest education and nature education is that children can learn in nature and gain knowledge. However, in the educational environment of China, natural education depends on natural science courses, and students enter the natural environment in order to establish contact with natural knowledge and experience. But books and classes are still the main ways to impart knowledge, and reading insect maps and bird maps has become the so-called nature education.

Forest education, on the other hand, is based on cultivating children's personality, and the form of expression is to give children different kinds of games and stimulate their exploration spirit. Forest education pays attention to the subjectivity of the object of education, and carries out differentiated teaching in a targeted way, so that every child can develop his strengths and avoid his weaknesses and get the best development opportunities.