Owner of French chateau blocks access to walkers A row over the closure of a footpath by the new American owner of a chateau in south-west France illustrates the often touchy relationship between property owners and walkers over access to their land.
Forest fire destroys 60 hectares in 脦le-de-France A forest fire has destroyed 60 hectares of land and vegetation in Essonne (脡vry, 脦le-de-France), not helped by the 鈥渧ery dry鈥� conditions, local firefighters have confirmed.
French firefighters tackle biggest fire for 20 years One of the biggest forest fires in the Lot (Occitanie) in the past 20 years has destroyed over 150 hectares of land in three days, and required the mobilisation of over 200 firefighters.
Law pushes chainsaw users to get training Forestry and other workers encouraged to learn safety procedures in bid to cut the 300 accidents a year
