Abstract
Abstract With the Alsace-Lorraine annexation's in 1871, german foresters find a new field to apply their silvicultural practises. In Alsace plain and in Vosges mountains, forest management is quite similar to prussian Kingdom forest's one : it is characterized by a planting important development, often with coniferous species, and by a progressive substitution of Fir by Spruce and scots Pine. On the contrary, thanks to a new retrospective geographic approach, we have been able to show silviculture in Plateau Lorrain forests' was in continuity of french forest administration practises : old broadleaved stands regeneration uses natural way, Oak and Beech predominance is maintened. Different outputs consented by german forest authorities on both Vosges sides can be explained within the annexation general policy and the important Alsace-Lorraine Presidium's autonomy. Reflection of sustainable development wish, forest policy can be considered as a witness of a very long term agreement. The contrasts in annexation area seem to show a hope of Alsace integration, whereas Moselle stays only a strategic glacis.
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