Tag: forest

  • Getting to grips with forest management day

    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…

  • FINN, nature is a spectacle

    FINN, nature is a spectacle

    La 28e édition du Festival International Nature Namur se tiendra du 14 au 23 octobre avec un panel d’activités variées : expo photos, diffusion de films nature, conférences… La Société Royale Forestière de Belgique participe à cette édition et vous propose des sorties de terrain, à la rencontre de la forêt et des forestiers :…

  • The future of poplar in the face of climate change

    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…

  • AG Conference – Preservation of forest soils and their functioning

    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…

  • Trip to Finland from 04 to 11 September 2022

    Trip to Finland from 04 to 11 September 2022

    Contenu de la formation pratique La Finlande est un des pays les plus forestiers d’Europe, 75% de son territoire est couvert de forêt. La filière forêt-bois représente un cinquième des exportations du pays et emploie 74 000 personnes.Les scieries et papeteries finlandaises disposent d’usines de pointe et ont largement investi dans la chimie du bois.Ce…

  • Typographer alert | Scolyte

    Typographer alert | Scolyte

    Dans le cadre de ses surveillances sanitaires, l’Observatoire wallon de la santé des forêts entretient un dispositif destiné à suivre les envols d’Ips typographus (scolyte de l’épicéa). Le relevé de cette semaine a mis en évidence une augmentation des captures marquant le début du premier envol en 2022. Un nombre d’insecte en recul mais encore important Le…

  • A few words about a guided walk in the forest

    A few words about a guided walk in the forest

    À l’occasion de la Journée internationale des forêts où plusieurs balades ont été organisées (voir le planning de la JIF). Brigitte Vanopdenbosch, guide forestière, a demandé aux participants quelques commentaires sur les balades des 19 et 21 mars 2022. Les commentaires des participants Merci pour cette superbe balade dans un site diversifié vraiment propice aux…

  • The forest conference

    The forest conference

    La Ministre de la Forêt, Céline Tellier, a officiellement ouvert le vendredi 25 février 2022 les assises de la forêt. Cet événement exceptionnel, porté par le cabinet de la Ministre mais aussi par le SPW ARnE (Agriculture, Ressources naturelles et Environnement) n’est pas un « one shot » mais bien un processus long. Durant plus d’un…

  • Video conference: Christian Messier

    Video conference: Christian Messier

    How do you build a forest that can adapt to the unpredictable? Following an initial conference during the 125th anniversary of Royal Forestry Society of Belgium in 2018, the Quebecois professor Christian Messier, a professor and researcher at the University of Quebec in Montreal (department of biological sciences) and the University of Quebec in Outaouais (department of natural sciences), gives us...

  • eforOwn training materials are now available online! 

    eforOwn training materials are now available online! 

    That is it !!! The various training materials produced as part of the European eforOwn project are now available online! Factsheets, illustrated slideshows, videos... These are just some of the resources that meet the expectations of forest owners and forestry educators for online training on topics as diverse as: En...