Question 15918 — woods and forests

Summary

Mr. Bérenger Cernon draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature to the ongoing negotiations relating to the future State-National Forest Office (ONF) contract for the period 2026-2030. While the effects of climate change are seriously weakening French forests, the definition of the strategic orientations of the ONF constitutes a challenge major for the preservation of biodiversity, carbon storage and access for all to quality natural spaces. In Essonne as in the whole of Île-de-France, peri-urban public forests fulfill essential missions of general interest. They welcome millions of visitors each year, contribute to public health, adaptation to climate change and conservation. ecosystems. As such, their management cannot be guided primarily by economic profitability objectives. However, numerous associations, citizen groups, scientists and elected officials are warning of the growing place taken by the marketing of wood in the ONF's economic model. Long-term supply contracts now represent a significant part of the volumes marketed and give rise to questions regarding their transparency, the criteria for their allocation, the volumes actually harvested as well as the final destination of the harvested wood. This development fuels the feeling of a progressive industrialization of forest management, sometimes in contradiction with the imperatives of preserving carbon sinks, protecting biodiversity and maintaining the social functions of public forests. In this context, he asks whether the future State-ONF 2026-2030 contract plans to include binding commitments in terms of transparency, in particular through the systematic publication in open data of supply contracts, marketed volumes, samples taken and end uses of wood from public forests. He also asks if the Government intends to strengthen the general interest missions of the ONF by creating public monitoring indicators at the scale of each forest massif, by re-evaluating the harvesting objectives in the peri-urban forests of Île-de-France with regard to climatic and ecological imperatives, and by fully involving local authorities, environmental protection organizations, user representatives as well as the scientific community in the governance and evaluation of the future CONTRACT.

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