The Tree Protection Cooperative Programme (TPCP), a programme of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), represents a cooperative venture between the major players in the South African Forestry Industry and the University of Pretoria, to deal with tree disease problems. The programme is based on a membership concept where forestry organisations are members and contribute to a collaborative effort through the payment of annual fees. The University of Pretoria in turn provides the infrastructure necessary to conduct research into tree diseases, which is technologically complicated and thus expensive.

The current members of the TPCP are:

• Mondi
• Sappi
• Hans Merensky
• GFP
• TWK
• CTC
• NCT
• ICFR
• FSA
• Dept of Water Affairs and Forestry
• SAFCOL