Forêt Privée Française

To offer a bunch of better-coordinated and more efficient services to the private forest owners and their forests - which cover three quarters of all the woodland areas in France – the 3 national umbrella organizations below have developed a common visual identity under the brand and logo "Forêt Privée Française" (private french forests).

• CNPF (National forest ownership centre - Centre national de la propriété forestière) and its R&D department, IDF (Institute for Forest Development - Institut pour le développement Forestier)

• Fransylva (the national federation of forest owners unions),

• UCFF (the French Union for Forestry Cooperation -Union de la coopération forestière française)

Some other organizations belonging to those 3 "families", act in complementarity at the local level to support the sylvicultural activities of private forest owners :

• the CRPF (Regional forest ownership centres - Centres régionaux de la propriété forestière) – that are the regional delegations of the CNPF; and some local associations for forest development ;

• the local and regional Private foresters' unions 

• the Forestry cooperatives and other joint management bodies.

This www.foretpriveefrancaise.com web site is jointly produced by CNPF and Fransylva

A booklet realised by the "Forêt Privée Française" Economics department.

Summary : 

• Privately owned forests in France, 
• Europe's largest stock of standing broadleaved timber 
• Facts and figures on timber production in France 
• How much are woodlands worth ? 
• 3.5 million forest owners 
• Employment and foreign trade 
• Other income from forests 
• Ecosystem services 
• Professionnal forestry bodies

• French forest at the Inventaire forestier national (IFN) website. The French national forest inventory carries out a permanent inventory of national forest resources, independently of all ownership issues.

• Overwiew of French forests at the Ministère de l'agriculture website. More information in English.

Contact :

Olivier Picard 
Head of CNPF Research development and European cooperation

Phone : +33 626 149 800 - +33 561 754 500 
olivier.picard@cnpf.fr

CNPF - Centre national de la propriété forestière
47 rue de Chaillot - 75116 PARIS
Phone +33 (0)1 47 20 68 15 - Fax +33 (0)1 47 23 49 20
cnpf@cnpf.fr - www.cnpf.fr

• President : Antoine d'Amécourt
• General manager : Claire Hubert

IDF - Institut pour le développement forestier
(R&D Department with the CNPF) 
47 rue de Chaillot - 75116 PARIS
Phone +33 147 206 815 
idf@cnpf.fr - www.cnpf.fr/idf/ 

• President : Antoine d'Amécourt
• Research and Development Head of team : Olivier Picard

Fransylva - Forestiers privés de France

• President : Antoine d'Amécourt
• General manager : Laurent de Bertier

6 rue de la Trémoille - 75008 PARIS
Phone +33 147 203 632 
federation@fransylva.fr - www.fransylva.fr

UCFF - Union de la coopération forestière française
9 rue Buffault - 75009 PARIS

• President : Bertrand Servois
• Chief of staff : Julien Bluteau

Phone +33 173 548 800 
www.lescooperativesforestieres.fr