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scientific committee set up by the ONT.
These reserves, which must be approved by It is in fact one of the ingredients of natural
the Ministry of Agriculture and by the
environments, and one of the factors in society's
Ministry of Environment, are also requirement that foresters should incorporate in their
supervised by a steering committee made up management choices, along with the production of
of non-ONF scientists,
quality timber, the protection of landscapes and
countryside, land stabilization in mountainous areas
The ONF is also setting up a network of undeveloped and dunes, and public access.
nature reserves of a significant size (approximately
50-200 hectares). These are mainly earmarked for The broadening and ever greater complexity of the
improving knowledge aboutthe way forest
factors determining both analyses and choices
ecosystems work, so as to be able to derive lessons
for management. One of the basic principles of the
represent a major challenge for foresters.
French forest is in fact "Toimitate nature and urge They call for major investment in terms of money
on her work"5.
and, above all, human resources. They also make
foresters look for compromises, and sometimes call
Forest management and development: a basic tool into question old technical certainties. But a real and
for sustainable management
sincere openness to outside elements is vital to the
forester. That general practitioner, in charge of the
But whatever the targets may be, they are all part
forest's health and well-being, is the better to
and parcel of the forest management and
safeguard and disseminate information about his
development approach, which is in turn
unique role in the overall and sustainable
encompassed by the national management directives,
The main stages of forest management are:
1. Analyses of the environment and of
management of forest and woodland alike.
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2. A summary of these analyses and needs and
the setting of long-term targets.
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Barthod C., 1995. Sylviculture et risques sanitaires
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In a general way, it would seem possible to apply Courtois J.M., 1994. Contribution/t une _tude
this approach to the sustainable management of all
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naturalareas, thus lending it an across-the-board
des L6pidopt_res, _tude de la variation de la
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MANAGEMENT
Degron R., 1995a. Historique de la for_t du
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_ 5, 590-597. -
3
Quoted from : Louis Parade - Head of the Fot,esUy School in
Nancy from 183g to 1864.
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