Research activities

Forest management

•  Forest ecology, risk, and environmental functions (including protection of soil and water)
• Biodiversity and habitats
• Sustainable development, certification
• Quality management (plant material, wood quality, silvicultural work)
• Multifunctionality and economy of related functions 

Silvicultural techniques

• Afforestation and reforestation, regular and irregular treatments, species mixtures, accompanying vegetation, forestry seeds and plants
• Non-forest planting techniques (rural forestry, hedges and silvopastoralism)

Species

Poplar; commercial hardwoods (cherry, ash, walnut); chestnut; oak and beech; other hardwoods (birch, alder, lime); conifers (maritime pine, Corsican pine and Douglas fir)