French Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning

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MAAPRAT
Scope: National
Policy area: Agriculture and land use,Environment, Rural development,Sustainable development
Type of institution: Governmental
Field of work: Policy
Language: French
URL: MAAPRAT website
Format: html
Access: Free
Publisher: MAAPRAT
Country(ies): France
Date: 13/03/2012

The French Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning (French : Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation, de la Pêche, de la Ruralité et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, MAAPRAT) is the governmental works out, implements and leads agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food policies. It applies French policy at local level through local administrations. It promotes and monitors sustainable management of French forests.

Objective To apply sustainable management in forest and increase competitiveness of the forestry and wood chain
Thematic priority(ies) Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning
Functions
  • Take care of forest health, vitality and biodiversity
  • Contribute to natural hazard and fire prevention
  • Enforce France's international commitments regarding fight against the greenhouse effect
  • Supervise forest institutions (ONF, CNPF, FCBA)
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions World banque, FAO, UNIDO, WTO, Agriculture and Fisheries Council, European commission, ONF, CNPF, FCBA
Keywords Agriculture, policy implementation, forest and forestry, Sustainable management, legislation
FOREST EUROPE criteria FOREST EUROPE indicators ToSIA indicators
All All Trade balance, Resource use, including recycled materials, Forest sector enterprise structure, Productivity, Employment, Occupational safety and health, Education and training, Consumer behaviour and attitudes, Water use, Forest resources