Office of National Forestry (ONF) staffwill not decrease in 2023 Ecological transition minister Christophe Bechu announced on Saturday, while President Emmanuel Macron pledged a massive effort to plant trees in response to wildfires. And this “For the first time in twenty years, the labor force will not be reduced in 2023.”the minister told Bordeaux daily Southwest. “They will be stabilized throughout the ecological pole (Adème, Meteo France, the French Biodiversity Office, etc.) and on the ONF.”he added.
The office’s workforce, in short supply, has melted over the past twenty years, from 12,800 people in 2000 to around 8,000 today, responsible for managing 11 million hectares of French public forests.
The new goals and performance agreement (2021-2025) calls for the elimination of 475 additional positions, and five unions filed a lawsuit in June demanding that it be overturned.
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In August, a Senate report recommended to the government “Back to ONF’s Planned 500 Job Cuts”senators need it “Prevent the outbreak”. masses and for that, “restore the positions of Mediterranean forest protection workers that were abolished in recent years”. and: “post more posts” Outside the Mediterranean region.
In July, the National Federation of Forest Communities (FNCOFOR), which represents more than 12,000 forest owners, and the Association of Village Heads demanded: “strong public forest services” in the face of monster fires and the scale of the climate challenge.
“The state will rely on its expertise, but not only the state, but the whole nation is called to cooperate with its associations and its professionals in public forests as in private forests.”noted Christophe Bechu Southwest.
Global warming doesn’t care if the tree is public or private
Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Bechu to Sud Ouest daily newspaper.
“We need to make sure that there are no abandoned forest areas, and if not, think about ways to replace the owners.”he added. “Global warming doesn’t care if the tree is public or private.”
Specifically, it counts “Define the way forward” to force private landowners to clear their plots by next summer.
Christophe Bechu is due to go to Gironde on Thursday, a department devastated by forest fires this summer. In particular, the minister should say more about the plan announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Friday to plant a billion trees over ten years, up from the current 11 billion.
Source: Le Figaro
