Forest Fund in Limousin
Submitted by editor on Mon, 07/10/2019 - 15:01Aid for reforestation financed by private companies to help maintain and improve the resource
Aid for reforestation financed by private companies to help maintain and improve the resource
Financial assistance provided by private or public companies for forest owners wishing to apply a silvicultural route that improves carbon sequestration in the forest. Companies finance projects to acquire emission reductions that are part of carbon offsetting.
Aid for reforestation in the form of an advance repayable at 0% interest.
Assistance provided by companies or individuals in the form of sponsorship. Companies can benefit from a corporate tax reduction equal to 60% of the amount paid.
Aid for poplar reforestation proposed by farmers or industrialists who are members of the "Merci le Peuplier" charter
The scheme allows forest owners (including local authorities) to benefit from aid for 4 types of measures:
1. Renewal of a resinous forest by natural regeneration
2. Irregularization of forest stands (= continuous forest without clear-cutting)
3. Improvement of deciduous and pine stands (enrichment, undercover planting, thinning, baling,...)
4. Diversified reforestation of resinous clear cuts
Assistance in writing a first simple management plan
Aid for the loss-making exploitation of chestnut coppice
Robinia reforestation
resinous pruning
Encourage farmers or foresters to improve the structure of their land ownership and encourage them to acquire wooded plots adjacent to those already owned