Objective:
The city of Lorient has developped an urban and local forestry partnership to supply the city in firewood chips and building timber. This project is based on local economy and on collaboration with local foresters to provide a sustainable management of this resource.
- Local production of wood to supply (energy and building timber) the city of Lorient
- Reduce the environmental impacts of importation
- Foster the local economy
- Enhance the city by using abandonned sites for logging
Images
Artisanal wood building and heritage conservation
Financing:
Global (estimated) cost of the project: 200k€- 1M€
Financing mechanism: cluster1 public financing
Actions:
- Trees planting in urban abandoned sites
- Sites management and maintenance
- Eco-sourced (wood) material povision for building
Stakeholder Participation/Participatory Planning and Governance:
- City of Lorient (Contractiong authority & Project manager)
- Jean Luc Leroux, Local foresters from Ti Beo (Site maintenance, wood production)
- Lorient municipality
GOVERNANCE MODEL:
Governance cluster: cluster2 new public
Partnership between Lorient municipality and local foresters.
Success and Limiting Factors:
Process enablers:
Economy drivers → Public private partnerships
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Process inhibitors:
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BUSINESS MODEL:
Business cluster: Social
Business model: Encourage sufficiency
Business cluster: Social
Business model: Adopt a stewardship role
This project is based on local production of wood to supply (energy and building timber) the city of Lorient. It allows to reduce the environmental impacts of importation, foster the local economy, and also enhance the city by using abandonned sites for logging.
Expected time for the NbS to become fully effective after its implementation: medium (between 2 to 5 years)
FeedBack: still well adapted
Expected life time of the intervention: more than 30 years
Dates (for project delivered): ongoing (2018)
Laureate "Coucours Capitale Française de la Biodiversité" 2013 (Competition Biodiversity French Capital City - http://www.capitale-biodiversite.fr/)
Further information:
Media cover:
FNCOFOR (Fédération Nationale des Communes Forestières) Website
Article of the LE TELEGRAMME magazine
Contact:
Alice Duquesnoy (alice.duquesnoy-mitjavila@plante-et-cite.fr)
Olivier Damas
Plante & Cité (https://www.plante-et-cite.fr/)
Maison du Végétal, 26 Rue Jean Dixmeras, 49000, Angers