Tag: forest

  • The arrival of new regulations is worrying the industry

    The arrival of new regulations is worrying the industry

    Le phénomène n’est pas nouveau mais il semble s’accélérer de façon inquiétante. Les administrations ou les groupes d’influence multiplient les normes ou les réglementations provoquant une incompréhension grandissante chez les acteurs économiques. La perte de compétitivité des entreprises qui en résulte impacte le dynamisme de l’ensemble de la filière. Dans ce contexte, le règlement européen…

  • Receive your free cartography - PEFC

    Receive your free map - PEFC

    La demande est à adresser à pefc@srfb-kbbm.be. Veuillez noter qu’à partir de votre demande de cartographie, un délai de 2 mois peut être nécessaire pour vous l’envoyer. Votre cartographie n’est accessible qu’à vous et à la cellule PEFC de la SRFB. La protection de vos informations confidentielles est notre priorité.  Cette initiative vise à vous soutenir…

  • RFSB and Forêt.Nature join forces for a major survey

    RFSB and Forêt.Nature join forces for a major survey

    La Royal Forestry Society of Belgium et Forêt.Nature are partnering to conduct a major survey on forests, biodiversity and climate change among forest owners and managers. I participate in the survey: Droughts, health crises, die-offs, new species, new forestry practices… European forests are at the heart of many concerns and challenges to the future of humanity…

  • Healthy forests for healthy people

    Healthy forests for healthy people

    En 2012, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a proclamé le 21 mars Journée internationale des forêts. Cette journée est l’occasion de célébrer la forêt et de prendre conscience de l’importance de sa diversité. Le thème de l’édition 2023 était « des forêts en bonne santé pour des personnes en bonne santé ». A cette occasion, les Guides…

  • Forest carbon certificate

    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...

  • My company wants to plant a tree!

    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…

  • The Forêt de Soignes, much more than just a place to stroll

    The Forêt de Soignes, much more than just a place to stroll

    Bien connue des Bruxellois comme endroit de balade, la forêt de Soignes est également une forêt productive. Jusqu’à 10.000 mètres cube de bois sortent chaque année de la forêt. Focus sur deux initiatives locales, qui mettent en valeur ce bois bien de chez nous. Simon Malvaux a 25 ans. Après un voyage à vélo en…

  • What practices can be used to restore the balance between forests and herbivores?

    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…

  • Impact of climate change on production forests

    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…

  • Documentary web series on the forestry and wood industry

    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…