National Centre for Forest Owners

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CNPF
Founded:	2009
Scope:	National
Policy area:	Forest and forestry
Type of institution:	Private forest organisation
Field of work:	State/private forest sector, Policy
Language:	French, English
URL:	CNPF website
Format:	html
Access:	free
Publisher:	CNPF
Country(ies):	France
Date:	16/02/2012

The National Centre for Forest Owners (French : Centre National de la Propriété Forestière, CNPF) is placed under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing. It was created in 2009 by grouping of the regional forest owners' centres (CRPF) and the Institute for Forest Development (IDF). The CNPF implements national forest policy in respect to the private forest sector. They also undertake activities forest owners. CNPF has already approved 33 000 management plans (cover more than 3 million hectares).

Objective	To guide and develop sustainable forest management in privately owned forests
Thematic priority(ies)	Private forests, sustainable management, policy
Functions	Develop overall sylvicultural management plans for the French Regions Approval procedures for the management plans for privately owned forests Approval procedures for standard management regulations Encourage the creation of forest ownership groups and forest grouping operations Coordinate activities, research, training and knowledge dissemination
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	MAAPRAT
Keywords	forest owners training,management plans, private forest, State policy, sustainable forest management

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
All	All	Production cost, Resource use, including recycled materials, Forest sector enterprise structure, Investment and research & development, Total production, Innovation, Employment