Forestry work
Forest owners in France can either carry out their forestry work themselves or call on forestry contractors or logging firms. Indeed, forestry management is a profession in itself.
8,000 forestry contractors in France
They carry out 80% of logging operations in France, 70% of which concern silvicultural and reforestation works. These companies employ 81,000 permanent or seasonal workers and carry out all kinds of forestry work.
This work can be split into two categories:
Silviculture/reforestation
This work is done manually or using machines. It involves reforestation in plantations, with seedlings and plants, felling trees or applying plant protection treatments.
Logging operations
This covers manual or mechanical felling, hauling, and wood/energy production, as well as the production and sale of firewood, forestry management, timber transport and the creation and maintenance of forest tracks.
Silviculture and reforestation work also involves preparing the soil and removing competing weeds and bushes, then planting and improving the quality of trees.
Logging work is felling, trimming and cutting trees into pieces in line with a set of specifications, then removing the timber to an agreed site.
Thousands of forestry contractors work to develop and improve the French forests, day after day.
These companies work for a broad panel of clients, contributing to landscaping, and the conservation and development of the forests.
From the private owner to the forest operator, from the wood merchant and timber industrialist to the municipalities, from the ONF to the forestry cooperatives, every stakeholder in the forest eventually calls on a forestry contractor to ensure the best possible management of their forest.
In France, forestry is a job for the professionals, and tree felling and plantation is not to be taken lightly. Because this kind of work can be extremely dangerous, do not hesitate to call on a forestry contractor.
Since 2009, Forêt Investissement has been building up a network of the best forest contractors. They will become key partners in the management of your forest. We can provide you with a list of the operations carried out by these contractors, so you can find the right one for your requirements.