Gestion et gouvernance forestières: L'évolution de l'action publique

Abstract

Greater awareness of global change and the emergence of issues relating to climatic events in recent decades, biodiversity conservation and the associated European policies, decentralisation are all elements making for major change in state policy towards forests in France. Foresters have come up with innovative responses to these changes with the support of public authorities, e.g., ecocertification and the establishment of the InterTrade body. State action has refocused on public goods such as climate, biodiversity or energy. Territorialbased approaches have been developed or have replaced topic-related ones. The state continues in France to play an important regulatory role alongside Europe and local governments, which are now major players in the forestry institutional landscape.