Storms, fires, droughts, diseases… French forests, Europe's third-largest timber stock after Germany and Sweden, have never been so battered as in recent years.
But this does not seem to repel buyers, quite the contrary.
The combined effects of global warming, the economic crisis and geopolitical instability in Eastern Europe have given French forests, more than ever, a role as a safe haven.
Whether they are simple walkers or own a piece of it, the French are more and more interested in their forest, 75% owned by 3.3 million private owners and 25% by the State, through the ONF or the local authorities.
Transactions have multiplied and prices are rising sharply, according to a study by the Forestry Committee and Heritage Forests, of which
Le Figaro
obtained a copy.
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," says Jean de Falandre, general delegate of the Forestry Committee...
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