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A look back at the Neutrality conference on 6 June!
At the Neutrality event, organised by Everwood and Institut Orygeen, which brought together the worlds of business and natural asset managers, France Valley announced the launch of a solution to support businesses in their net zero strategy: a pan-European afforestation fund to create future forest carbon sinks.
GFI France Valley Patrimoine acquires the Grande Paroisse forest
GFI France Valley Patrimoine has acquired the 481-hectare Grande Paroisse forest in the Seine-et-Marne region, located in the communes of Forges, La Grande-Paroisse, Valence-en-Brie and Vernou-La-Celle-sur-Seine. This group of three adjacent but not contiguous forests is mainly made up of coppice with oak reserves (152 hectares), oak high forest (81 hectares) and young deciduous oak - red oak stands (89 hectares). Coniferous parcels complete the ensemble.
Visit to Romania
With mainly deciduous forests covering 29% of the country, exceptional soils and a climate suited to oak in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, Romania is a reservoir of high-quality oak. On behalf of various funds, France Valley now manages 1,600 hectares spread over 5 forests. To supervise their management with our local partner forest managers, our management team visited these forests last month and has just returned with these superb images:
France Valley signs the global appeal against plastic pollution
In the run-up to the fourth round of negotiations on an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution (INC-4), 160 financial institutions representing $15.5 trillion in combined assets have signed the Finance Statement on Plastic Pollution.
France Valley | La Belle Forêt
Its uncompromising methodology and certification approach are evidence of the holistic approach that France Valley holds dear. With La Belle Forêt, we are about to enter the phase of marketing the carbon credits generated: we are betting that with this demanding approach, added to the French location of these forests and the control of their management by France Valley, they will have no difficulty finding buyers.
France Valley commits to sustainable reforestation
France Valley joins forces with Strasbourg Centre Energie, HOPIS and EMA (Eco-manifestations Alsace) in a sustainable reforestation initiative. On 21 March, France Valley, through its GFI France Valley Patrimoine vehicle, signed two agreements to reforest 9 hectares of the Weihermatt forest in Andlau (Bas-Rhin). This area, affected by dieback and attacks by bark beetles, will be treated using the "reconstitution of degraded forest stands" method approved by the Low-Carbon label.
Biodiversity protects forests from the effects of climate change
Two studies, carried out by researchers from the CNRS - Centre national de la recherche scientifique in collaboration with German and Chinese scientists and published in the journals Global Change Biology and PNAS on March 18, highlight the importance of biodiversity in protecting ecosystems in the face of harsh climatic conditions. They show that fostering biodiversity in forests mitigates the effects of climate change on crucial processes such as carbon and nitrogen recycling, essential to the proper functioning of ecosystems.
Visit to Lithuania
Offering a high degree of diversification in our forestry funds is a priority for France Valley. To this end, our teams make a point of visiting priority countries in Europe, not only to identify investment opportunities, but also to strengthen ties with our forest operators. Just recently, part of the European investment team (Hermine LATREMOUILLE, Guillaume de Hédouville, Thomas de Cointet) visited Lithuania.
Discover our sustainable forest management charter
As forests are one of the world's main carbon sinks, and home to almost 70% of terrestrial biodiversity, the challenge of protecting and developing them is fully integrated into France Valley's management process. The Management Company's ambition is to go beyond what is required by law in terms of silvicultural management, and to achieve sustainable management by reconciling economic, environmental and social objectives. France Valley has thus adopted a Charter for the Sustainable Management of French Forests, which sets out the company's silvicultural management objectives in partnership with the forest managers who work in our forests on a daily basis.