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| ONF | |
|---|---|
| Founded: | 1964 |
| Scope: | National |
| Policy area: | Forest and forestry |
| Type of institution: | State forest institution |
| Field of work: | Economics, Policy, Public, Research, Science |
| Language: | French |
| URL: | ONF website |
| Format: | HTML |
| Access: | Free |
| Publisher: | French Forestry Commission |
| Country(ies): | France |
The French Forestry Commission (French : Office National des Forêts - ONF) is a public institution with industrial and commercial character. Its main missions are the management of State forests and the completion of missions of general interest entrusted to it by the state. ONF is an important forest ecosystem management organisation. It manages 12.5 million hectares of public forest in metropolitan France and in its overseas territories. ONF protects flora and fauna, market forest products and welcomes the public to those forests it manages.
| Objective | ONF manages state and local authorities’ forests, trying to conciliate sustainability and wood production. It also manages natural hazards, people flows, landscape issues and dynamize the forestry wood chain |
| Thematic priority(ies) | Manage state and local authorities’ forests, Apply State policy in forests |
| Functions | It elaborates, implements and controls 15-20 year management plans and carries out silvicultural operations in those forests belonging to the State and local communities |
| Keywords | forestry wood chain,landscape, management plans, natural hazards, people flows, policy, public forests, sustainable management, wood sales |
| FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
| No FOREST EUROPE criteria for this Institution | No FOREST EUROPE indicators for this Institution | No ToSIA indicators for this Institution |
