[Skip to main content](#main-content) Palotas forest ================ Discover our Palotas forest in New Aquitaine, the work we do there and the trees you can buy ![foret-de-palotas](https://img.ecotree.green/flora/forests/foret-de-palotas/forest-01.jpg?d=240x135) [ Buy trees ](#forest_treeshop) [ See more photos ](#forest_gallery) ### About Palotas forest ### About Palotas forest The Palotas forest is located between the communes of Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne and Chatelus-le-Marcheix in France. This forest is a particularly wild place, and a source of tranquillity where oaks, Douglas firs, chestnuts and other fir trees will grow for decades to come, forming majestic stands that will restore the forest to its full splendour! The biodiversity in this forest is rich, and numerous actions have been implemented to preserve it. Read moreRead less ![foret-de-palotas](https://img.ecotree.green/flora/forests/foret-de-palotas/forest-02.jpg?d=128x128) ![foret-de-palotas](https://img.ecotree.green/flora/forests/foret-de-palotas/location-map.png?d=128x128) ### Key information Project start date: Mar 1, 2020 Certification: FSC, PEFC Land area: 29.69 ha Social action: none Biodiversity features: wetland - den trees - nesting boxes - melliferous hedges - 3 senescence plots Temporarily closed to the public, the reopening is scheduled on 01/04 ### EcoTree’s initiatives ### EcoTree’s initiatives Since 2021, we have been working to restore this forest, which had suffered a clear-cut leaving behind a coppice with no future. As part of this, we carried out reforestation work: seven tree species were planted across 16.5 hectares: silver fir, red oak, wild cherry, cedar, larch, Douglas fir and western red cedar. As part of the monitoring and close-to-nature forest management, maintenance work is carried out regularly: clearing of weed vegetation, inter-row mulching and measures to protect against game. Our foresters also regularly carry out stand improvement work, such as selective thinning to concentrate growth on the trees with the best future potential. Finally, they work to maintain and manage the existing stock, tending the 2.1 hectares of silver fir planted in 1995 and preserving a 2.8-hectare untouched forest area. Read moreRead less ![ecotree forester at work](https://img.ecotree.green/humans/team-ecotree/at-work/in-ploerdut-01.jpg?d=128x128) ### Our trees available for purchase Discover the trees that inhabit the forest, become owners and support their sustainable management There are currently no trees for sale in this forest. [ See more trees ](https://ecotree.green/en/treeshop) ### EcoTree’s actions for biodiversity ### EcoTree’s actions for biodiversity This forest is very rich in biodiversity, which is why we have signed a membership to the Nature Conservatory for the protection of wetlands. In 2021, a Index for Biodiversity Potential (IBP) was conducted, and several projects were implemented as a result. For example, nesting boxes were installed, and habitat restoration actions were carried out by our teams, including the selection and preservation of den trees. The following year, a 240 metre honey hedge was planted. In the coming years, other actions are planned, such as monitoring insects activity and conducting an inventory of saproxylic insects. 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![ecotree](https://bocdn.ecotree.green/essence/0001/06/96105ed8287751db1269defde9fbf8e13ce62c7e.jpg?d=70x70)Baron gave away [1 Sitka Spruce](https://ecotree.green/en/article/7642) from Priziac forest (Morbihan, FR) ![ecotree](https://bocdn.ecotree.green/essence/0001/06/e967dd49c294597ffbeb9475558178c92de29010.jpg?d=70x70)Anton gave away [1 Pedunculate Oak](https://ecotree.green/en/article/7959) from Laneuville forest (Meuse, FR) ![ecotree](https://bocdn.ecotree.green/hero/0001/06/77ce892186a469099f862e2969a72952340b59a2.jpg?d=70x70)Kevin helped preserve 26 m² of the [m2 of ecosystem restoration – Briec Peatland ](https://ecotree.green/en/article/7199) project in Briec Forest (Finistère, FR) ![ecotree](https://bocdn.ecotree.green/hero/0001/06/77bf71ca9c6ce899d41551b1353e2df049fc54c0.jpg?d=70x70)Michel helped preserve 10.01 m² of the [m2 of biodiversity in Thisted forest ](https://ecotree.green/en/article/3576) project in Thisted Forest (Nordjylland, DK) 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