The RIFT-FABI Tree Protection Programme (RFTPP), is a co-operative venture programme established between the Research Institute of Fast-Growing Trees (RIFT) of the Chinese Academy of Forestry in China, and the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. This Programme arose from a long term collaboration between the two institutions that was formally established in 2014. It has resulted in many important outputs in terms of fundamental research, solutions to eucalypt disease problems and education of post graduate students.