PYC’ EN BOIS

Good practice

NOMBRE

NOM

NAME

PYC’ EN BOIS

Localización

Localisation

Localização

3 mountain territories grouped together in one project: the Pays de Lourdes and the Gaves Valleys, the Heartland of Bigorre and the Country of the Nestes.

Tipología – Naturaleza

Typologie – Nature

Tipologia – Natureza

Mobilization of wood resources of mountain territories

Periodo de aplicación

Période d’application

Período de aplicação

2017 to 2019

Principales objetivos

Principaux objectifs

Período de aplicação

Mobilize the untapped forest resource on steep slopes,

Develop the wood energy sector,

Mobilize for a period of three years, a volume of 50,000 m3 of additional wood in these three territories:

• Performing silvicultural improvement work,
• Animation of private and public owners,
• Material investments: forest services, specific mining equipment, improvement of wood energy platforms.

Descripción detallada de la práctica o proyecto

Description détaillée de la pratique ou du projet

Descrição detalhada da prática ou projeto

This additional volume of wood mobilized is intended to supply the industries of the territory according to the best use of the harvested wood either in priority, the lumber (sawnwood), then the wood of industry (papule to paper) and finally the wood energy.

The project will allow the implementation of harvesters and carriers adapted to the mechanized harvest in steep slope (synchronized winch machines: up to 70% slope).

Aid is also planned:

• for silvicultural work on forest stands that have little scope for improvement. In total, the interventions will allow the re-planting of an area of ​​approximately 1,200 ha.
• for material investments by the partners: skidder to crane, improvement of wood-energy processing platforms, improvement of forestry services.

The PyC’En Bois project meets the conditions for this “plus” wood mobilization to be done in a concerted manner, with a guarantee of sustainability in the multi-functional management of the forest.

Agentes involucrados

Agents impliqués

Agentes envolvidos

Sanguinet sawmill, Fiber Excellence (pulp manufacturing), Pyrenees Bois Energies (wood pellets manufacturer), Estera (supplier of heat and wood energy services), Union Grand Sud of the Forest Communes, National Office of Forests, Departmental union of the energies of Hautes-Pyrenees, Nature Midi Pyrenees, National Botanical Conservatory of Pyrenees, Regional center of the forest property.

Evaluación de resultados

y lecciones aprendidas

Évaluation des résultats

et les leçons apprises

Avaliação de resultados

e lições aprendidas

Mechanized operation on a steep slope:

• 36,000 m3 of softwood of 1st thinning harvested in 2 years of which more than half in the project area,
• 440 owners targeted by the engagement actions (communities and private),
• 1 free syndicate of owners created.

Evaluation of the results:

The machines equipped for the steep slope are efficient and well adapted to the terrain, but the size of the forest tracks is sometimes insufficient, and a minimal improvement of the service is necessary.

This type of modern and computerized machines, allowing work in a cabin, without risk compared to manual work, and sheltered from the weather, can attract young people to logging.

A set of 2 machines synchronized winch (feller + carrier) replaces 12 to 15 traditional loggers / longshoremen it is today very difficult to recruit for these cuts of thin coniferous thinning on steep slope.

The fraction of wood energy mobilized remains modest (10% of the total harvested): the reasons were the weak demand due to the harsh winters and the valuation of these woods of 1st clearings carried out late in noble and durable uses (sawing).

The wood energy market, overproduced at the national level also due to the slowdown in the creation of boilers, has called into question some investments in processing equipment that would be difficult to amortize.

Owners’ animation directed towards the management of low-value land finds several difficulties:

• Owners’ lack of interest due to low profitability of operations,
• fragmentation and land complexity,
• lack of access and difficulty in pooling small forest owners for requests for assistance to the service.

Fotografías

Photos

Fotos

Solución a los retos territoriales

Solution aux défis territoriaux

Solução para os desafios territoriais

The mechanized operation on a steep slope makes it possible to carry out the first remaining undeveloped thinnings, to generate a margin on the sale of wood for the owner and to mobilize additional ridged and sorted woods which supply the industries of the territory transformation as well as the local boiler rooms.

This mechanized harvesting method should attract young people to logging jobs and ensure the growth of harvested volumes.

Solución a un mayor nº de retos territoriales (a completar más adelante)

Solution à un plus grand nombre de défis territoriaux (à compléter plus tard)

Solução para um maior número de desafios territoriais (a ser completado depois)

Información de contacto

Information de contact

Informação de contato

Jessica SIMOES – PETR du Pays des Nestes – Chargée de mission – jessica.simoes@paysdesnestes.fr – 05 62 98 50 28

Anne-Sophie ROBIN – PETR du Pays Coeur de Bigorre – Coordinatrice – robin.galhautebigorre@gmail.com – 05 62 41 46 03