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 Center for Forest Owners - Centre national de la propriété forestière ) and its RDI department IDF (Institute for Forest Development - Institut pour le développement Forestier

• Fransylva (the national federat ion 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 owners' 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.

More information about international and european projects :

Clotilde Giry
CNPF European cooperation Officer 

Phone :
+33 (0)2 38 71 95 51
+33 (0)6 83 78 31 90

clotilde.giry@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 : Thomas Formery

IDF - Institut pour le développement forestier
(R&D Department with the CNPF) 
47 rue de Chaillot - 75116 PARIS
Phone +33 (0)1 47 20 68 15 - Fax +33 (0)1 47 23 49 20
idf@cnpf.fr - www.cnpf.fr/idf/ 

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

Forestiers privés de France

• President : Antoine d'Amécourt
• General manager : Luc Bouvarel

6 rue de la Trémoille - 75008 PARIS
Phone +33 (0)1 47 20 36 32 - Fax +33 (0)1 47 23 38 58
foret.privee@wanadoo.fr - www.foretpriveefrancaise.com

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

• President : Cyril Le Picard
• Chief of staff : Julien Bluteau

Phone +33 (0)1 73 54 88 00 - Fax +33 (0)1 45 01 52 41
info@ucff.asso.fr - www.ucff.asso.fr