{"id":915,"date":"2023-12-12T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sopfim.turbuweb.com\/programmes\/protection-investissements-sylvicoles\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:02:41","slug":"silvicultural-investment-protection","status":"publish","type":"programmes","link":"https:\/\/sopfim.qc.ca\/en\/programs\/silvicultural-investment-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Protection of Silvicultural Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bloc-image-gauche-droite acf-sopfim-image-gauche-droite alignwide pt-8 sm:pt-16 pb-8 sm:pb-16 relative\" id=\"\">\n        <div class=\"bg-white absolute inset-0 w-full h-full\"><\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"container mx-auto flex flex-col md:flex-row w-full relative\">\n\n        <div class=\"images w-full md:w-1\/2 !order-last md:order-first mt-10 md:mt-0\">\n\n            \n            \n                <!-- Affichage simple pour une image unique -->\n                                                            \n                        <div class=\"relative overflow-hidden w-full h-full text-center\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sopfim.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/forestiere.jpeg\" alt=\"travailleuse-forestiere-sopfim\" class=\"h-auto w-full inline-block \">\n                        <\/div>\n                                    \n            \n            \n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"content w-full md:w-1\/2    order-first md:order-last md:pl-10 flex flex-col justify-center px-5\">\n\n            \n            \n                        <div class=\"content text-black pt-6 oswald\"><p>This new program, in place since 2018, aims to protect tracts that have benefitted from silvicultural investments, mainly pre-commercial or commercial thinnings in fir groves or plantations of white or Norway spruce. Note that plantations of black spruce and other species are not eligible for this program since these species are not considered to be vulnerable to TBT. In addition, considering the lower vulnerability of spruce to TBT, treatment prescriptions and scenarios are adjusted to achieve the same protection objective.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bloc-deux-colonnes bg-cover relative\" style=\"background-image: url( https:\/\/sopfim.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fond-camouflage.png )\" id=\"\">\n\n    <div class=\"bg-jauneClassic bg-opacity-90 pt-8 md:pt-16 pb-8 md:pb-16 px-5\">\n\n        <!-- Aide g\u00e9n\u00e9ration Tailwind : md:grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-3 md:grid-cols-4 md:grid-cols-5 md:grid-cols-6 -->\n        <div class=\"container mx-auto flex flex-wrap grid grid-cols-1 gap-16 md:grid-cols-2\">\n\n            \n            \n            <div class=\"\">\n\n                                <h2 class=\"h2 pb-7 font-bold  text-vertForet !leading-tight tracking-wide\">\n                    Selection Criteria\n                <\/h2>\n                \n                                <div class=\"text-content text-black\">\n                    <p>Several territories are likely to be affected by spruce budworm. The SOPFIM applies specific selection criteria to protect forest tracts vulnerable to attacks of the spruce budworm in managed forests of the public domain and large private forests.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The minimum area to be protected shall be of 50 ha (or 20 ha to 49 ha with a maximum distance of 100 metres between).<\/li>\n<li>It must be composed of species vulnerable to TBT (balsam fir, white spruce or Norway spruce) at a percentage of at least 38% and must have benefitted from silvicultural work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                <\/div>\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"\">\n\n                                <h2 class=\"h2 pb-7 font-bold  text-vertForet !leading-tight tracking-wide\">\n                    Aerial Surveys and Results\n                <\/h2>\n                \n                                <div class=\"text-content text-black\">\n                    <p>Each year, the Minist\u00e8re (MRNF) conducts an aerial survey of damage caused by the spruce budworm and in Quebec forests, which allows us to assess the effectiveness of our protection programs. To be successful, our interventions must have protected at least 50% of the annual foliage on at least 80% of the eligible areas.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n\n                        \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/swiper\/swiper-bundle.min.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-sopfim-chiffres-cles alignwide bloc-chiffres-cles relative overflow-hidden\" id=\"\">\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sopfim.qc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/foret-background.jpg\" alt=\"foret-brumeuse-fond\" class=\"absolute inset-0 object-cover w-full h-full\" \/>\n    <div class=\"bg-vertVif absolute inset-0 object-cover w-full h-full bg-opacity-70\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"pt-8 md:pt-16 pb-8 lg:pb-16\">\n\n        <div class=\"container mx-auto relative text-white\">\n\n                        <h2 class=\"h2 mb-10 text-vertForet text-center xl:px-[100px]\">Over 640,000 hectares 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