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Sustainable Forest Management in France: Ownership and Regulations

Explore the sustainable forest management practices in France, including state, municipal, and private forests under various ownership types and regulations. Learn about the Forest Code and the different documents that ensure sustainable management. Discover the percentage of forests that are PEFC certified.

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Sustainable Forest Management in France: Ownership and Regulations

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  1. GCM 2014 Nessebar - Bulgaria Union of EuropeanForesters Sustainableforest management Under various types of ownership FRANCE Governing Council Meeting 2014 – Bulgaria – Nessebar Hervé Némoz-Rajot & François-Xavier Nicot 10th October 2014 1

  2. The French forest • Third forest in Europe (behind Sweden and Finland) • 15,3 billion hectares • Three types of ownership 2

  3. The French forest law (since 1669) • The Forest code organizes different types of interventions according to the ownership • For every kind of owernship, Forest code establishes some principles: • Forests are placed under the protection of the Nation. • The development and the protection of forest, as well as the reforestation, have a general interest • The French forest policy has for objective the sustainable forest management • In the Forest code, the sustainable management • is guaranted 3

  4. State forests • State forests are managed by National Forest Office (ONF) • Sustainable managed is compulsory • To develop sustainable management, forest managers have to: • Draft an action plan, named « Aménagement » • For 20 years • With a programme of works and timber cuts • Actions for the public welcoming, biodiversity conservation, … • This document represents a sustainable management guarantee • Each state forest is PEFC certified (100%) 4

  5. Municipalities forests • Municipalities forests are managed too by National Forest Office (ONF) • Same rules for municipalities forests and state forests • Established by the law • Sustainable managed is compulsory • To develop sustainable management, forest managers have to • Draft an action plan, named « Aménagement » • For 20 years • With a programme of works and timber cuts • Actions for the public welcoming, biodiversity conservation, … • This document represents a sustainable management guarantee • 80% of municipalities forests are PEFC certified 5

  6. Private forests • Privateforests are managed by the 3,5 billion owners of 11 billion hectares • With the help of forest experts and • the CNPF (National Private Forest Centre) • Established by the forestlawsince 1963 • 18 Regional Centres: 662 foresttechnicians • Sustainablemanagediscompulsory in private • forest • To developsustainable management, • privateforestowners have 3 solutions: 6

  7. Private forests • First solution, obligatoryonly for 25 ha and more privateforests • Draft an action plan, named « Plan Simple de Gestion» • (Simplified Forest Management Plan) • For 20 years • With a programme of works and timbercuts • Actions for the public welcoming, biodiversity conservation, … • This document represents a sustainable management guarantee • 33.000 privateforests (more than 25 ha) have this • sustainable management document = 3,4 billion ha 7

  8. Private forests • Second solution, only for lessthan 25 ha privateforests: • To adopt an alreadyregional action plan, decided bu State, named « Règlement type de gestion» (Standard Management Regulation) • For minimum 10 years • With a programme of works and timbercuts • Actions for the public welcoming, biodiversity • conservation, … • This document represents a sustainable • management guarantee • A lot of privateforests have this • sustainable management document 8

  9. Private forests • Third solution, only for small forets lessthan 25 ha privateforests: • To adopt an alreadyregional management document, decided by State, named « Code des bonnes pratiques sylvicoles » (Code of good sylvicultural practices) • For 10 years • Withsomecommitmentsfrom the omner about works and timbercuts, actions for the public welcoming, biodiversity conservation and Natura 2000 zones respect … • This document represents a sustainable • management presumption 9

  10. Private forests • Only if you have one of the 3 documents, with an agreement gave by the CRPF, the privateownercanbenefitfrom: • State financialgrants and loans • State and local taxes discount • PEFC certification • French lawdecidednot to impose but to suggest, withsomefinancialincentives. • Everyprivateownerwant to be free • 1804: French Civilian code «  everybodyis free to use isownership in the mostabsoluteway » 11

  11. Conclusion • Sorry for the complexity! • It’s a little bit French ;-) • But, it’sworking in a good way • All the French public forestsare managed in a sustainableway and PEFC certified • 80% of the privateforestare alsomanaged in a sustainableway • Thankyou for your attention and now, your questions! • благодаря! 12

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