Briefly in english
Who are we ?
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).
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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)
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Fransylva (the national federation of forest owners unions),
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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 :
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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 ;
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the local and regional Private foresters' unions
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the Forestry cooperatives and other joint management bodies.
This www.foretpriveefrancaise.com web site is jointly produced by CNPF and Fransylva
Private Forest Property in France Key Figures 2015

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
À télécharger :
More information about French forests
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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.
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Overwiew of French forests at the Ministère de l'agriculture website. More information in English.
International and European cooperation
Contact :
Olivier Picard
Head of CNPF Research development and European cooperation
Phone : +33 626 149 800 - +33 561 754 500
olivier.picard@cnpf.fr
À consulter :
Contacts
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