Forest & Wood Pays de Brest
Contact: Erwan Burel
Email address: erwan.burel @ pays-de-brest.fr
Description
Forest & Wood Pays de Brest (Forêt Bois Pays de Brest) brings together private and public actors around a common strategy and collective projects to transform the local wood sector into a concrete solution for a more resilient territory and a low-carbon economy.
Forest & Wood Pays de Brest was launched in 2022 with the support of Europe (LEADER), in partnership with Fibois Bretagne, an inter-professional association, and local companies in the timber sector.
A steering committee brings together stakeholders from upstream to downstream, including foresters, sawyers, traders, builders, carpenters, architects, training establishments, and local authorities.
Organised by
Pays de Brest is a public organisation that brings together local authorities and promotes cooperation and shared public policies. Located in Brittany, France, the Pays de Brest territory has 425,000 inhabitants and 103 municipalities.
Objectives
- Intensify forest management with private forest owners.
- Support local authorities in the management of public forests and wooded heritage.
- Promote hardwoods and relocate timber.
- Promote wood and biosourced materials for construction.
- Direct middle- and high-school students towards wood and forest training.
Innovation support services
- Capacity building and skills training.
- Networking and partnership brokerage.
- Provision of grants.
- Visibility and communication support.
Innovation stages
Forest & Wood Pays de Brest does not directly support businesses, but instead, carries out collective actions for the wood sector.
Key assets
- Cooperate and act for the wood sector by bringing together private and public actors around a shared strategy and collective projects.
- Establish a bottom-up logic closer to the field to build collective actions that meet the needs of the timber sector.
- Foster partnerships with local companies and authorities, Fibois inter-professional association, and forestry stakeholders.
Other information
Examples of action in 2025-2027:
The Pays de Brest supports eight local authorities on citizen forest plantation projects and management of existing tree heritage (public forests, trees in cities).
A territorial dynamic surrounding the tree is driven by local public policies, which aim to address environmental, economic, social, and cultural issues.
A travelling exhibition is planned to highlight the local wood formations. The exhibition is aimed at middle and high school students, as well as their parents. The exhibition furniture will be crafted from local wood by students, highlighting their expertise and promoting the use of hardwood species.
The partner, Fibois, plans to launch a mission with local companies to promote local timber and support local project leaders from design to implementation (e.g., manufacturing office furniture from local oak).
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