For the past 30 years, FRMi has developed and enriched a unique experience in the management and sustainable management of tropical humid forests.
A multidisciplinary team of experts, an internationally recognized know-how, the high technicality of ever-evolving methods, enable FRMi to intervene on many projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Natural forest
Agriculture and rural development
Wood industry
Expert Foresters of France
Mapping
CIRCAET
Environmental and Social Impact Study (EIES)
Training
Natural forest
Formulation and feasibility of sustainable forest management projects
Conducting forest management projects and drafting management plans and management documents
Assistance in the implementation of management plans, the optimization of crops
Technical assistance to projects supporting public forest management policies
Training the various players in sustainable forest management
Reduced Impact Logging
Technical support for certification (diagnosis, internal audit, action plan, working procedures, specifications for upgrading work, training
Agriculture and rural development
Awareness meetings with village communities
Establishing local village committees for decision-making and monitoring
Capacity building for state’s technical services agents
Planning for the management of natural resources at different administrative levels
Supporting farmers in the implementation of their Natural Resources Management Plans
Technical assistance for the development of agricultural and agroforestry activities (food- or perennial crops)
Technical assistance for the development of agricultural value chains
Wood industry
Industrial development (business strategy, wood drying and conservation, first or second processing industrial processes, traditional, small-scale processing, improved use of wood waste, etc.)
Development of the sector
Securing and strategies for wood supply
Economic study of support and development projects
Market research
Support for the certification of productions or the implementation of a system to guarantee the legality of productions under the FLEGT
Training, Audit and Corporate Consulting
Expert Foresters of France
Ensuring independent management of privately owned forest territories
Conducting expertise missions, audits and evaluations
Conducting studies on the forestry sector and policies
Mandated in France and abroad
Guaranteed independence for perfect consumer protection
Mapping
Editing and monitoring of studies and projects
Quality management (data, technical processes or project monitoring)
Structuring and implementing Geographic Information Systems in private companies as well as public institutions (central administrations or decentralized services)
Training and transfer of skills
Advanced spatial analyses (GIS and remote sensing)
Field missions for data collection or ground truthing
CIRCAET
Tracking logging operations through radar satellite
Secure archiving of data
Simplified web access with changes visualization
Forest cover change detection from very-high-resolution radar satellite imagery (3m)
Analysis and mapping for logging authorization documents
Environmental and Social Impact Study (EIES)
Environmental and social management plan
Impact study on the physical, biological, human environment
Presentation of the legislative, regulatory, institutional and physical framework of the study area
Writing the environmental and social audit report, and subject to the validation of the environmental authority.
Research and document analysis
Training
Training of administration officers
Production of maps under Geographic Information Systems (GIS);
Sustainable management of natural resources following management documents (Long term Management plan, 5-year management Plan, and Annual Operational Plan);
Forest carbon through CDM projects and REDD+ mechanisms;
Reduced Impact logging techniques, including controlled felling