CERFO’s mission is to contribute, in a sustainable development perspective, to the technological advancement and growth of organizations and college-level educational institutions in Québec forestry sector.
The CERFO obtained its accreditation as a CCTT in 1984. The centre operates in the field of forestry, specifically in applied research in forestry, supplying plants, issues with wood production, ecosystem-based forest management, climate change, invasive alien species, wildlife management, remote sensing in forestry and agroforestry.
Secteurs d'activités
- Evaluation of modalities of the implementation of irregular shelterwood (ICC)
- Evaluation of the impacts of silvicultural treatments on the quality of wildlife habitats
- Implementation of spatial planning system
- Mapping of heat / cool islands in urban areas
- Monitoring and evaluation of silvicultural treatments through the network of 50 experimental devices, silvicultural trials and operational deployments of CERFO in Québec
- Optimization of regeneration processes
- Silvicultural grid to identify families of silvicultural treatments (flowchart)
- Synthesis and use of ecological information in the form of a guide
- Tending to young stands
- Use of lidar for hydrographic network analysis
- 2440, chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec, G1V 1T2
- 418 659-4225
- Julie Simard
- General Manager
- 418 659-4225, ext. 2500
- jsimard@cerfo.qc.ca
