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SilvaForm, SRFB's programme of activities for 2023
Once again this year, the enthusiastic and passionate team of the RFSB company offers a rich and varied program of activities. The resilience of forests will be at the heart of several of our training sessions, technical days and conferences. Classics such as training in resin-based logging, the basics of selling timber and an introduction to…
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Forest carbon certificate
Paying for forestry practices that mitigate climate change: As part of the sponsorship of plantations proposed by the Royal Forestry Society of Belgium RFSB(), an increasing number of companies are requesting carbon certificates from forestry projects. Meeting this demand would require the and RFSB its members to get involved in the...
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My company wants to plant a tree!
Responsible plantation in the forest Since 2011, the company has RFSB offered the opportunity for organizations that wish to do so to contribute to a project to restore our Belgian forests. For several years now, our forests have been experiencing unprecedented health crises (pine beetle infestations, hornbeam beetle infestations, the decline of the oak tree, etc.). Our trees, weakened by successive droughts, are unable to withstand these conditions…
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What practices can be used to restore the forest-game balance?
Discover the case studies conducted by AgroParisTech in France, Wallonia, the Saar and Rhineland-Palatinate on hunting and the balance between fauna and flora. In a context of climate change and biotic invasions that threaten European forests, ensuring their sustainability primarily depends on our ability to guarantee forest renewal. However, this capacity for renewal is…
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Impact of climate change on production forests
Man and Forest Impact of climate disruptions on productive forests: The example of the Arboretum du Mousty in Calestienne by Pierre Lhoir (Voluntary Worker at Royal Forestry Society of Belgium the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) with the participation of David Dancart Royal Forestry Society of Belgium(Coordinator of Silva Belgica) For several decades, scientists and climatologists have been warning us about…
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Documentary web series on the forestry and wood industry
DISCOVER THE DOCUMENTARY WEB SERIES ON THE FOREST-WOOD SECTOR This web series produced by our production company and directed by Jun Cordon is online on the filiereforetbois.fr website and on the dedicated YouTube channel. The project for the documentary web series was born in 2019 following a meeting between Jun Cordon, director and producer at ECP Films, and Jean-Guénolé Cornet, president of the…
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Getting to grips with forest management day
Where to start when inheriting a forest plot? What work will I have to undertake if I buy a piece of forest? This is what more than 70 new or future forest owners were able to discover in Roy (Marche-en-Famenne) this Sunday. They were able to practice: The opportunity to learn while creating new…
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The future of poplar in the face of climate change
The CPH in partnership with various Walloon, Flemish and French structures, which RFSB have participated in an interesting exchange on the future of poplar trees. Exchange day on the future of poplars in the face of climate change. The diversity of poplars offers many perspectives to owners to integrate this species and this forestry model into their management plans…
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Trees for Future: Results of the autumn 2020 and 2021 monitoring campaign
RESULTS OF THE FALL 2020 AND 2021 FOLLOW-UP CAMPAIGN For several years now, our forest species have been affected by climate changes and the resulting health problems. This is the case, in particular, of the spruce affected by the spruce bark beetle or the oak that suffers from successive droughts. It is in this context that our project Trees for...
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AG Conference - Preserving forest soils and their functioning
Erwin Ulrich’s conference on «Conservation of forest soils and their functioning» During our annual general assembly held on June 22 last, our speaker, Erwin Ulrich, was the national pilot of the adaptation mission of forests to climate change within the Directorate of Forests and Natural Hazards of the Ministry…
