In the Moulière massif in the Vienne département, France's strategy for tackling climate change is called the "mosaic forest". Here, a conquering birch grows among the oaks, and a young pine replaces ...

In popular imagination, France’s Fontainebleau is inextricably linked to its grand Château. But when I visit, I typically skip it entirely. Yes, the 1,500-room Château de Fontainebleau that was ...

May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From Mongolia to southern Brazil, forests big enough to cover France have grown back during the last 20 years, but the gains did not make up for losses elsewhere, ...

French authorities are battling an invasion of tree-killing bugs that are devouring the weakened pines of La Teste-De-Buch in southwestern France after the ...

A fire burns overnight through a forest in the Maures massif in the Var region of France. Fanned by strong winds, it has already burned 600 hectares, the first major blaze in southern France this year ...

As the European Union finalizes its third Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII), France is seeking an exemption to enable the European Space Agency and French Space Agency to build and operate two ...

LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France, July 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T he scented stands of pine trees stretching along France's southwestern Atlantic coastline were reduced to charred stumps and stacks of ...

A vacation in Europe might include visiting a medieval castle. In a forest in Burgundy, France, you can actually step into the past to discover the secrets of building one. In a forest in Burgundy, ...

NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the late ...