New forests to protect biodiversity

Climate disruption and the collapse of biodiversity are the greatest challenges we face today. Unfortunately, French forests are struggling to meet these challenges. They are often poor in biodiversity (4 species or less for 94% of them). Transformed since the Middle Ages for timber production, they are managed with this objective in mind, and are not true refuges for wildlife. They store little carbon, since intensive forestry operations release the carbon stored in the soil.

With this project, and others like it being carried out in several regions of France, Semeurs de Forêts aims to recreate forest oases where flora and fauna can flourish undisturbed, keeping human intervention to a minimum. Once the land has been purchased, volunteers reintroduce local biodiversity by planting several thousand trees. The land is then left to evolve freely. The purchase of land by Semeurs de Forêts ensures the greatest possible protection of these sites.