Because the French forest has this particularity of being private, organizations take ownership of the plots through the intermediary of owners to wildly harvest wood, to the chagrin of elected officials and walkers.
These actions cause radical ruptures in the wooded areas, which thereby leads to an upheaval of the ecosystem, and of the life of the animal species that evolve within it.
Another problem: the cuts are often made well beyond the acquired perimeters. “If nothing is done, our whole forest will be impacted,” said the mayor of Hettange-Grande, who himself had the actors “in this rampage” interrupted last Sunday. In the extension, he seized the competent authorities to put an end to these clear cuts, adding that “cities and municipalities will be able to plant as many trees as they want, the fight is lost if these loggers massacre our forests with shovels. “.
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“It must be recognized that the timber market is juicy” deplores the city councilor who calls on his colleagues to stop “this environmental scourge”. In order not to waste time, Roland Balcerzak had a municipal decree drawn up prohibiting access to vehicles of more than 3.5 tonnes in the forest in wet weather. He also relies on the prefectural decree which prohibits continuous cutting over more than one hectare, finally he appeals “to the conscience of the owners who do not show civic behavior by agreeing to sell plots while knowing that they will be subject to cuts”. He adds: “I contacted the ONF which manages the public forest and the CRPF (Regional Center for Forest Property) to find out what action to take on these essential environmental issues”.
