Reforestation Pringy
Label Bas Carbone certified project
The project, located in Seine-et-Marne (77), involves the reforestation of poplars and aspen that have been badly damaged by drought and poorly distributed rainfall. These weakened trees wither and die on their own, and are gradually toppled over by violent winds. The trees will be planted with 5 different species, with deciduous borders planted with forest fruit trees.
A number of trees of ecological interest have been preserved along the edges of the site, and there is very little working of the soil, with the creation of tilled pots.
A little further down and to the east of the project, the river "Ecole", a tributary of the Seine, flows by. The preservation od woodland areas helps to limit run-off and water quality in watercourses.
Pringy, Seine-et-Marne (Ile-de-France), in the heart of a protected wooded area.
6,4 ha planted
Sessile oak, Corsican Pine, Wild cherry, Service-tree, Wild Service-tree
About 10240 trees
The project is located in Pringy in the Seine-et-Marne region, at the heart of the Yvelines and Fontainebleau natural region.
It also straddles the boundary between urban and peri-urban forests, where natural areas and forests close to urban environments must be preserved. To take acount of the need to identify and preserve forest environments in the Ile-de-France region, the wood in question is located in a biosphere reserve identified by UNESCO, in a classified wooded area and is part of the French Gâtinais Regional Natur Park.
Our project, with its mixed (coniferous and mainly deciduous) and diversified tree species, is helping to preserve forest areas in a transition zone between urban ans agricultural areas.
The wooded parcel is part of an existing sustainable management document: The owner has set up a Simple Management Plan, approved by the Centre National de la Propriétaire Forestière (CNPF).
The Pringy project is part ot the "Reconstitution de forêt dégradée" (Restoration of degraded forest) method of Label Bas Carbone, a certification examined and issued by the French Ministry for Ecological Transition (DREAL).
The aim of our project is to diversify and mix species (coniferous and broadleaved), including a majority of indigenous and broadleaved species. This diversity of species has a number of benefits:
The project is an integral part of a wooded area, including several preserved trees of ecological interest: the large trees contain micro-habitats of interest to forest wildlife (cavities, stripped bark, broken branches, etc).
Soil preparation is carried out using the open-pot technique: the soil is worked only where the future plants will be planted. This technique limits the disturbance to the soil and its richness, and greatly limits the loss of carbon from the soil as it is worked very little.
The forestry sector encompasses a wide range of occupations that cannot be relocated: forest managers, nursery growers, forestry work companies (lumberjacks and loggers in the future). The wood processing industry in France also encompasses a wide range of trades right through to the manufacture of the finished product.