Néosylva funds the operations and guides the owners during the management of their forest.
More than half of the organic wood production is lost every year in private forests. Therefore, Néosylva came up with a new concept to value private forests’ wood while working with forest landlords and all of the wood sector.
NÉOSYLVA: Analyses the forest, identifies the plots needing a new plantation and takes care of the paperwork.
FOREST OWNER: Agrees with the plots and the silvicultural choices/methods.
NÉOSYLVA: Takes care of the works and sales the remaining wood.
FOREST OWNER: Receives 100% of the income.
NÉOSYLVA: Project management and co-funding of the plantation.
FOREST OWNER: Funding of the pre-defined part of the works, established in the contract, which can be reduced thanks to financial contributions for reforestation.
NÉOSYLVA: Oversight of the new tree plantation.
FOREST OWNER: Is still able to dispose of his forest as he wants, can hunt etc…
NÉOSYLVA: Management of the exploitation and sale of the wood. Afterwards, Néosylva takes care of setting up a new plantation.
FOREST OWNER: Néosylva and the owner share the benefits of the exploited wood.
The Neosylva offer is aimed at private landowners:
Are eligible the forest parcels of a minimum surface of 2ha, in one piece or not.
If your property is found to be eligible for the Neosylva offer at the end of this questionnaire, our teams will contact you to organize a visit of your plots in your presence.
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Not necessarily, Néosylva only takes care of the plots that need it, most of the time it only means a certain fraction of your forest. However, a minimum surface area of 10 acre per contract is required.
ou will still be able to walk around your forest whenever you want to and to hunt in it if you used to. Yet, you can’t interfere with how Néosylva applies the silvicultural terms defined in the contract.
As of the 6th year after the contract is signed, the forest owner can terminate it at any time. He will then have to pay Néosylva a compensation, on which they agreed on in the contract.
Néosylva aims for a high quality wood that will benefit the wood industry, by investing on species adapted to the plots. These wood species have turnover periods of 15-20 years for poplars and 50-130 years for other main species.
The Neosylva charter guarantees the positive environmental and social impacts of each reforestation, particularly in terms of biodiversity.
Neosylva adapts to the specific conditions of each forest and to the demands of the owners.
A Néosylva contract doesn’t imply any property rights change for the owner. Moreover, you are eligible to financial contributions for co-funding the new plantation.
If a plot is under Néosylva’s management it generally means it wasn’t producing any, or few wood. After only a few years its value will be significantly enhanced.
The Néosylva contracts are inspired by the ones « National Forestry Fund » (Fonds Forestier National) proposed, which greatly contributed to value our French forests.
In this case, the benefits from the remaining wood and insurances, if there are any, are used to regrow the damaged plots. No compensations will be asked from one side or the other.
Notre sylviculture vise à produire du bois d’œuvre pour des usages tels que charpente, panneaux, ou ameublement permettant ainsi d’accroitre les rôles de séquestration et de substitution du bois.
Notre activité est créatrice d’emplois durables et non délocalisables dans les territoires dans lesquels nous intervenons. Elle vise à renforcer la filière forêt-bois française et pérenniser la ressource de demain.
Les projets sylvicoles que nous développons bénéficient de la bonification prévue par le Ministère de la Transition Écologique (Arrêté du 4 juin 2023). Cet arrêté valorise les projets favorables à la préservation et la restauration des écosystèmes naturels et de leurs fonctionnalités.
The economic operation is therefore positive or nil for the owner from the start.
In case of revenues from the sale of the wood harvested before reforestation, Neosylva asks the owner to reinvest a fixed part of these revenues and brings the rest of the required financing.
In the absence of prior income, notably in the case of afforestation of agricultural land or following a major decline (bark beetles and chalarose), Neosylva finances the entire work.
From the seventh year, the owner can terminate the contract at any time by paying Neosylva an indemnity whose amount is predefined in the contract.
Neosylva is paid with the owner’s family on the value created in the long term (wood and environmental services). The income from hunting remains with the owner.
Our interests are therefore closely aligned.
The owner keeps all his rights in terms of taxation. The Neosylva offer can be combined with other existing financial aid schemes.
More information available on the CRPF website.
With Neosylva, the owner ensures that he will pass on to his descendants a forest heritage that is developed and managed sustainably.
The signed contract is the subject of a notarial deed, ensuring the continuity of the support over time.
With the support of the professionals of the sector, Neosylva takes care of the forest management and accompanies the owner in all his administrative steps: elaboration or modification of the Document of Sustainable Management, authorization of cutting, request for subsidy…