Our Forestry Consulting activities

I. FOREST APPRAISALS
Appraisal for real property transfer (acquisition, sale, gift, subdivision, exchange, expropriation), appraisal of limited partnership shares and usufruct interest. Valuation of loss due to right of ways, damages, claim, fire, accident, harvesting or forest operation wrongdoing, miscellaneous contentious matters …

II. COMMERCIAL STUMPAGE AND ORNAMENTAL TREE APPRAISAL
Tree marking, timber volume estimation, financial and qualitative appraisals. Marketing tips: choice of timber sale method , timber sale organization, sale and forest operation contract setup, contract follow up. One hundred percent timber cruising, systematic sampling. Ornamental or park tree appraisal.

III. TIMBER SALES
Timber sales organization by way of bidding or at arm’s length. Timber sales organization stumpage or at roadside. Timber supply contracts.

IV. FOREST STEWARSHIP
Reforestation, afforestation, natural regeneration, applications to government grants and follow up. Forest roading planning, organization of contractors bidding, contract set up and fieldwork follow up.
Forest taxation advising.

V. MANAGEMENT PLANNING
Forest management plans and eventual government grant application available for such a planning operation.
Forest inventory increment. Budget forecasting. Profitability forecasting.

VI. HUNTING LEASE CONTRACTS
Hunters search and organization of lease bidding. Hunting lease contracts. Partaking in game management.

VII. OUT OF FOREST MANAGEMENT
Hedge implantation. Partaking in greening closed quarries. Environmental impact analysis.

VIII. FOREST CERTIFICATION
Forest management auditing, log traceability.
Forest certification.

IX. MAPPING
Georeferencing. Map digitization. Field check of digitized and coded data with respect to existing roadways or undisputed field landmarks. Timber stand area computation. Aerial photo-interpretation. GPS data logging and cartographic restitution.