“Still glad we didn’t plan to harvest La Teste-de-Buch This year!”, gushes Luc Leneuve. This manager of the Holiste company in Biskaros is looking for a positive note. After the prefectural shutdown on July 18, resin harvesting, which takes place from May to October, has been suspended. “The impact is direct on our employees, on technical unemploymenthe laments. Not to mention the very long-term impact, because pine can only be harvested after about forty years.”
The forest is the green but also the industrial lung of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France’s leading forest region. Pines, oaks and other poplars occupy one third of the region’s area. “We tend to see the forest only as a place for walks or to emphasize the power of carbon sequestration, but we often forget that both are possible only if the forest is preserved. The tree does not grow by itself, the bitter grows.highlights Christian Ribs, President…
Source: Le Figaro
