The mosaic forest gets people talking
Shaping the forest of tomorrow
In this International Forest DayWe were delighted to present the concept of mosaic forest.
It is the tool proposed by the Royal Forestry Society of Belgium to design and implement the forest of the future. Tomorrow's forest will be more resilient to disease and climate change if the ecosystems that make it up and the silvicultures that are applied to it are diversified. This forest will host more biodiversity and better respond to the services expected by society. Every forester - manager, public or private owner - is the guarantor of this.
This is where the concept of mosaic forest!
How can we improve the resilience of our forests today?
By diversifying it! But how do you diversify? By increasing diversification in all these areas: species, silvicultural practices, genetics and micro-habitats.
This forest development model has been popularised by the ONF (Office National des Forêts, France) in the context of adapting forests to climate change. The Société Royale Forestière de Belgique (SRFB, Belgium) fully endorses this conception of the forest and intends to promote it among its members.
Learn about mosaics
A training course will enable you, through a visit to a forest estate, to see how this concept can be put into practice. If you would like to put the concept into practice, you can attend our training course on Wednesday 11 May 2022.
Trainers / lecturers
- Dominique Duchêne, forestry expert
- Nicolas Dassonville and Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme, trainers at the Royal Forestry Society of Belgium
How can we build a forest that can adapt to unpredictable events? with Christian Messier
Media coverage
La Libre – RTL Info – RTL Info (Video) – The future
For a deeper understanding of the mosaic, take a look at the interactive map of the mosaic forest.
