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Firewood scam: Three sentenced for €100,000 website fraud in France

The scammers stole €30,000 on a single website alone, and took advantage of a firewood shortage to trick customers with too-good-to-be-true offers

Hundreds of trees stolen from private woods in south France

A sawmill in the Catalonia region is suspected of cutting down the trees – some of which were hundreds of years old – and taking the trunks for timber

Traps on French forest paths endanger bikers and walkers

Cables tied across pathways and hidden planks spiked with nails are causing serious injury and even death for bikers and walkers in the French countryside

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Severe forest fire alerts across south of France

The south of France is on alert for forest fires today (July 19), with many local forest areas and roads forbidden to access, as the government releases advice on how to prevent wildfires.

Tiny wasps could control boxtree moth

Millions released in tests to find way to protect one of the most common garden and woodland plants in France

Hear blackbirds singing in gardens and woods this summer

In August, male blackbirds ( Turdus merula ) are easy to spot in gardens all over France, with their ebony plumage and bright yellow-orange eye-rings and beaks, says biodiversity and bird protection charity LPO.

Woods

Firewood scam: Three sentenced for €100,000 website fraud in France

Hundreds of trees stolen from private woods in south France

Traps on French forest paths endanger bikers and walkers

Severe forest fire alerts across south of France

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