La recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytes

Clearcutting has recently received a great deal of media coverage in France. This article focuses on the Morvan region, where the protests are particularly strong, to understand the transformations in forest cover that are actually taking place and the social forces behind them. Data on land use, fo...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adrien Baysse-Lainé, Antoine Reynaud
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique 2024-12-01
Series:EchoGéo
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/28224
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832579119151316992
author Adrien Baysse-Lainé
Antoine Reynaud
author_facet Adrien Baysse-Lainé
Antoine Reynaud
author_sort Adrien Baysse-Lainé
collection DOAJ
description Clearcutting has recently received a great deal of media coverage in France. This article focuses on the Morvan region, where the protests are particularly strong, to understand the transformations in forest cover that are actually taking place and the social forces behind them. Data on land use, forest species and land ownership were combined in a sample of 12 communes. The vast majority of clearcuts are small, in contrast to the (larger) surface area thresholds used by the authorities to control them. The increase in the number of clearcuts and the surface areas concerned is largely due to the spruce bark beetle epidemic, while the other clearcuts are conversions of hardwood stands and harvests of economically mature softwood stands. These three factors play a role in varying proportions, depending on the profile of the owners (institutional investors, French public authorities, forest operators, non-trading landholding companies).
format Article
id doaj-art-276d06b6b3674bdc8da74099278f9f27
institution Kabale University
issn 1963-1197
language fra
publishDate 2024-12-01
publisher Pôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information Géographique
record_format Article
series EchoGéo
spelling doaj-art-276d06b6b3674bdc8da74099278f9f272025-01-30T12:43:03ZfraPôle de Recherche pour l'Organisation et la diffusion de l'Information GéographiqueEchoGéo1963-11972024-12-017010.4000/133gwLa recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytesAdrien Baysse-LainéAntoine ReynaudClearcutting has recently received a great deal of media coverage in France. This article focuses on the Morvan region, where the protests are particularly strong, to understand the transformations in forest cover that are actually taking place and the social forces behind them. Data on land use, forest species and land ownership were combined in a sample of 12 communes. The vast majority of clearcuts are small, in contrast to the (larger) surface area thresholds used by the authorities to control them. The increase in the number of clearcuts and the surface areas concerned is largely due to the spruce bark beetle epidemic, while the other clearcuts are conversions of hardwood stands and harvests of economically mature softwood stands. These three factors play a role in varying proportions, depending on the profile of the owners (institutional investors, French public authorities, forest operators, non-trading landholding companies).https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/28224Francemappingforest coverlandownerforestry
spellingShingle Adrien Baysse-Lainé
Antoine Reynaud
La recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytes
EchoGéo
France
mapping
forest cover
landowner
forestry
title La recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytes
title_full La recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytes
title_fullStr La recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytes
title_full_unstemmed La recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytes
title_short La recrudescence des coupes rases en Morvan (2011-2020) : un mitage de la forêt sur fond de crise des scolytes
title_sort la recrudescence des coupes rases en morvan 2011 2020 un mitage de la foret sur fond de crise des scolytes
topic France
mapping
forest cover
landowner
forestry
url https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo/28224
work_keys_str_mv AT adrienbaysselaine larecrudescencedescoupesrasesenmorvan20112020unmitagedelaforetsurfonddecrisedesscolytes
AT antoinereynaud larecrudescencedescoupesrasesenmorvan20112020unmitagedelaforetsurfonddecrisedesscolytes