Les traitements sylvicoles à l’origine du bois énergie et leurs évolutions possibles en cas de demande accrue de bois*

This article focuses on possible developments in silvicultural practices in connection with the projected increased use of timber for energy purposes and higher demand for workable and industrial timber. In the first section, it offers a characterisation of the various types of silvicultural practices. It then discusses possible developments in various silvicultural treatments (forests not under management, occasional treatments, periodic treatments, coppice with standards, coppice, short rotation coppice and very short rotation coppice) under various assumptions: continued present trend, increased logging in the near future under the multifunctional intensification scenario and industrial intensification scenario.