National Forests Office (France) Explained

The National Forests Office (French: Office national des forêts), or ONF, is a Government of France agency that manages the state forests, city forests and biological reserves. ONF is based in Paris.

The office is responsible for the sustainable management of France's approximately 10 million hectares of public forests. The ONF takes over their protection and carries out forestry policing tasks. Around 9,000 civil servants work at the ONF and its regional offices. ONF is under legislation of Ministère de l'Agriculture and Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire.

History

ONF was founded in 1964. Since 1980, almost a third of the ONF workforce has been cut. The agency had gone through a series of structural reforms in the 2000s. Le Monde reported in 2012 that 30 forest officials took their own lives between 2002 and 2012. An internal analysis reported demotivation at the workplace, a high level of stress and a serious risk of psychosocial disorder for ONF employees.^[1]

Ranks and rank insignia

Officers

Enlisted

External links

Official site

Notes and References

News: L'Office national des forêts en pleine crise. Le Monde.fr. 21 September 2016.
Web site: Arrêté du 13 mai 2008 relatif à l'uniforme des ingénieurs du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts . fr . Order of May 13, 2008 relating to the uniform of rural engineering, water and forest engineers . 13 May 2008 . Legifrance . 27 November 2022.
Web site: Arrêté du 16 janvier 2008 relatif à l'uniforme et aux insignes de grades des ingénieurs de l'agriculture et de l'environnement . fr . Order of January 16, 2008 relating to the uniform and rank insignia of agricultural and environmental engineers . 16 January 2008 . Legifrance . 27 November 2022.
Web site: Arrêté du 10 juillet 2009 relatif à l'uniforme et aux insignes de grades des agents assermentés et commissionnés de l'Office national des forêts . fr . Legifrance . 19 November 2016.
Web site: Arrêté du 31 décembre 2019 relatif à la tenue des agents techniques de l'environnement et des techniciens de l'environnement, commissionnés et assermentés, en fonctions à l'Office français de la biodiversité et dans les établissements publics des parcs nationaux . fr . Order of December 31, 2019 relating to the attire of technical environmental officers and environmental technicians, commissioned and sworn, in office at the French Office for Biodiversity and in public establishments in national parks . 31 December 2019 . Legifrance . 27 November 2022.