Conflicts and issues surrounding forest management in the Arcachon basin

Fire in Gironde: the Cap Ferret firewall is the subject of an investigation and its instigator Benoît Bartherotte is the subject of a complaint

The National Forestry Office (ONF) provided a report at the end of August “mainly relating to acts of clearing without authorization of wood or forest of a public community”. An investigation was opened to investigate the circumstances of this land clearing initiative by businessman Benoît Bartherotte.

“It’s racketeering”: three municipalities in the Arcachon basin accuse the State of taking over their forests

For generations, Audenge, Le Teich and Andernos-les-Bains have managed their forests themselves. But the courts have just proven them wrong: they must now entrust this work to the National Forestry Office, and pay in the process. A hard blow for these communities.