The Forest

Resource, refuge, place of mystery and leisure, the forest has always accompanied humankind. The exhibition presents how it works, who lives in it and the major issues in preserving it.

Panel by panel:

• The forest and people: resources, legends and traditions
• How a tree and the forest ecosystem work
• Wood, a renewable material with many uses
• The forest protects us: soil, water, avalanches and climate
• Tropical, Mediterranean, temperate and boreal forests
• French forests and their species, from oak to pine
• Mammals, birds and insects of the woods

Audience: all ages, from 8. Ideal for: International Day of Forests, a nature event, a life and earth sciences project.