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20/05/2009 The key figures Download the handbookThe french forest figures and maps >>

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5/07/2007 Indicators of the sustainable forest management of French Forests These indicators were updated in 2005 and published. The publications are available in English and Spanish. >>

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6/09/2004 Forests landscapes, beyond what meets the eye A real book of art The infrared colour aerial photographs of forests in France taken by the National Forest Inventory (IFN) are published here for the very first time... >>

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The French forest

In metropolitan France, forests cover 28% of the area of the country. They mostly belong to private owners. They represent a wide range of structures and tree species composition.

Sign of a temperate forest, the broadleaved trees - mainly the rouvre, pedunculate and pubescent oak which represent 28% of the total growing-stock volume - are the most common sort of trees.