Logging

LOGGING

At the heart of the Aquitaine forest, Gascogne Bois specialises in sustainable forest management and mobilisation of raw materials to supply the group’s processing factories: sawmills and paper mills.

Cycle de vie du pin de Gascogne

Ground preparation and reforestation

Young forest maintenance

First thinning
Pruning 10/12 years

Second thinning
16/18 years

Third thinning
22/25 years

Fourth thinning
28/32 years

Clearcutting
50 years

Discover the life cycle of Gascogne pine

Forestry

Découpe d'un pin de Gascogne
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Exploitation forestiere de la foret des Landes
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Property management, advice

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Manual and mechanical works

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Reforestation

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Marking, felling estimation

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Simple management plan (SMP)

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Computerised mapping

900000 m3

Standing timber purchased

10 forestry workers

Manual felling

40 subcontractors

Mechanical felling and logging

15 transporters

Supply to industrial sites

AFTER KLAUS

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    Our missions after cyclone KLAUS

    • Plot Clearing

      • Wood purchasing
      • Felling
      • Logging
      • Commercialisation
      • Storage
    • Plot Replenishment

      • Grant files
      • Cleaning
      • Soil working
      • Reforestation