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France Bois Forêt
Founded:	2004
Scope:	National
Policy area:	Forest and forestry, Trade, Socio-economics
Type of institution:	Non-governmental
Field of work:	Economics, Private, Public
Language:	French
URL:	France Bois Forêt website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	France Bois Forêt
Country(ies):	France
Date:	13/03/2012

France Bois Forêt is an association of national organisations, labour unions, and other stakeholders concerned with forests, forest products industries (public and private forest managers and owners, nursery, foresters and all wood first processors and building trade professionals). It is composed by 13 national organizations.

Objective	To promote economical development of french forest and wood chain
Thematic priority(ies)	Forest and wood chain
Functions	Develop forest production as part of a sustainable and multifunctional management, mobilization of national forest resources, its transformation and its enhancement, and the use of wood Follow of market activity and economic observatory Acquiring of knowledge by the actors in the forest and wood Environmental Education specifically oriented forest-based sector Technical development and creation of support tools.
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	ONF, CNPF, MAAPRAT
Keywords	Cooperation, production, forestry wood chain, wood resources, wood use, sustainable management, associations, forest products industries, timber markets, prices, statistics, information services, training, timber production, timber processing, wood energy

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Forest resources and carbon, Productive functions, Socio-economic functions, Overall policies, institutions and instruments for sustainable forest management	Forest holdings, Contribution of forest sector to GDP, Net revenue, Expenditures for services, Forest sector workforce, Occupational safety and health, Wood consumption, Trade in wood, Energy from wood resources	Trade balance, Resource use, including recycled materials, Forest sector enterprise structure, Quality of employment, Provision of public forest services, Consumer behaviour and attitudes, Transport, Forest resources