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IFO calls on CEPF members for help
In January 2025, a storm of unprecedented strength struck Ireland, causing significant damage to homes, infrastructure, and forests. The Irish forestry sector is tasked with harvesting and collecting millions of cubic meters of fallen timber, but lacks the manpower and appropriate tools. The IFO is therefore seeking the help of CEPF members to mobilize…
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First MigFoRest trees have been planted
Ce 4 novembre a été un jour symbolique et joyeux pour le projet MigFoRest. Les premiers arbres ont été plantés à Maillen, dans la région du Condroz en Wallonie (Belgique). La Société Royale Forestière de Belgique (SRFB), en tant que partenaire principal du projet, a coordonné la plantation de 50 jeunes arbres, dans 2 cellules…
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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…
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Analysis of the results of the first three monitoring campaigns
Have you ever heard of the Anthropocene? It is a term currently being debated to define a new geological era. That is, the era in which humans are in charge of significant changes to the Earth’s systems! That sounds good, right? Or maybe not! However, climate change is at the heart of the concept, since its first…
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Trees for Future in Hamoir
The historical arboretum of Seraing This Tuesday, June 27, we invited our Flemish forestry colleagues, together with the DNF, to discover an arboretum in Trees for Future Hamoir and the historical arboretum of Seraing. This meeting, which brought together representatives of the ANB, the Bosgroepen, nature investors and a nursery owner, was organized as part of the project…
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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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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…
