Organisation Description - France AFOCEL - Association Foret Cellulose

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Website: www.afocel.fr/English/Index.htm
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Afocel's original features lie in a methodology which associates the development and combination of specific strategies and technologies adapted to the implementation and development of an intensive woody resource.

Intensive forestry, which concentrates a highly productive resource on a reduced area, is one of the most pertinent responses to the environmental challenge of the present time. The satisfaction of the essential requirements of mankind is thus bound to a progressive lowering of anthropic pressure on environment, and it favours its conservation.

The basic technologies developed by Afocel, specially with fast growing tree species, include all steps of the forestry sector.

• Management of natural genetic resources
• Tree breeding and variety selection
• Vegetative and sexual propagation
• Mass production of seedlings and cuttings, nurseries
• Afforestation and Reforestation
• Nutrition, waste valorisation
• Silviculture and sustainable management
• Alternative silvicultural models
• Harvesting, logging and wood transportation

To this chain, Afocel adds a number of transverse technologies for the validation, optimisation and control of all operations.

• Biometrics, growth modelling
• Biotechnologies, applied to woody plants
• Economics and competitivity of the forestry sector
• Resource and productivity survey
• Documentation, information and competitive intelligence
• Organisation, safety and manpower training
• Wood quality

Afocel acts in France and abroad on the request of public or private operators and can deal with very different requests.

• Development of research programmes under contract
• Scientific and technical follow up of research and development projects
• Consultations and audits at any level of the forestry sector
• Definition of development strategies
• Technical studies
• Strengthening competitivity and quality of silviculture and logging
• Research of financing

The concept of intensive forestry finds an application in most parts of the world. AFOCEL knows how to adapt strategy to local socio economical and environmental conditions for obtaining the best profit from the site conditions and investments.

Contacts

Contact

• M Alain BAILLY / AFOCEL Station Centre Ouest / FRANCE
• Guillaume CHANTRE / AFOCEL - Association Forêt Cellulose Station Sud Ouest / FRANCE
• Nathalie MIONETTO / AFOCEL - Station Nord Est FRANCE
• Stephane GRULOIS / AFOCEL - Station Sud FRANCE