Écorces

Alba knew almost nothing about forests. But then she inherited a few plots of land on the remote borders of the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme regions. From then on, she was obliged to take an interest in wood. To go and see what it's all about. Wonderland? No, a battlefield. Forestry is a juicy business, and the agro-industry is cutting up the woods. We select, we align, we shave, we cut, we import-export. We exploit, with no regard for the landscape, the soil or living organisms. Is protecting this common good life-threatening? That's what the gendarmes have to sort out. Based on a personal experience, Alice Carré creates an ecological thriller that exposes the underbelly of logging. And paints a picture of a society where clear-cutting has become the norm.