{"id":18395,"date":"2026-01-06T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/?p=18395"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:25:53","slug":"hommage_a_francis_halle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/2026\/01\/06\/hommage_a_francis_halle\/","title":{"rendered":"[HOMMAGE] &#8211; Francis HALL\u00c9, ferveur d\u00e9fenseur des arbres est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 31\/12\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1h3c9am-04ac8507090af68a34886bdedcf68c70\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1h3c9am-04ac8507090af68a34886bdedcf68c70{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1h3c9am-04ac8507090af68a34886bdedcf68c70 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>FREDON Occitanie souhaite rendre hommage \u00e0 Francis HALL\u00c9, ferveur d\u00e9fenseur des arbres et des for\u00eats pour l&rsquo;ensemble de ses travaux contribuant \u00e0 l&rsquo;avanc\u00e9e des connaissances du monde v\u00e9g\u00e9tal.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1841w1n-b79527ee7dd6d4b651c11a13141db09b\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1841w1n-b79527ee7dd6d4b651c11a13141db09b{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1841w1n-b79527ee7dd6d4b651c11a13141db09b hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h4>Un passionn\u00e9 des for\u00eats tropicales et primaires<\/h4>\n<p>Francis HALL\u00c9 a d\u00e9di\u00e9 l&rsquo;ensemble de sa vie professionnelle \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tude du monde v\u00e9g\u00e9tal. Il a notamment men\u00e9 les missions scientifiques pour le projet <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radeau_des_cimes\">Le Radeau des Cimes<\/a> de 1986 \u00e0 2003 au sein de la canop\u00e9e des for\u00eats tropicales ayant permis de multiplier par 10 l&rsquo;\u00e9valuation de la diversit\u00e9 biologique sur Terre.<\/p>\n<p>Il met en avant l&rsquo;importance des for\u00eats et notamment les for\u00eats dites \u00ab\u00a0primaires\u00a0\u00bb qui contiennent 75% de la biodiversit\u00e9 mondiale. Ne restant qu&rsquo;une for\u00eat primaire en Europe en Pologne et Bi\u00e9lorussie class\u00e9e r\u00e9serve de la Biosph\u00e8re par l&rsquo;UNESCO, Francis Hall\u00e9 lance en 2019 le projet de faire rena\u00eetre une for\u00eat primaire en France dans les Ardennes en cr\u00e9ant l&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foretprimaire-francishalle.org\/\">Association Francis Hall\u00e9 pour la for\u00eat primaire<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-zmx8a6-ea92d0adf709ab045c87e96c6d5f1535\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-zmx8a6-ea92d0adf709ab045c87e96c6d5f1535{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-zmx8a6-ea92d0adf709ab045c87e96c6d5f1535 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18400\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18400\" class=\"wp-image-18400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier-1030x515.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier-1500x750.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier-705x353.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/radeau-des-cimes-photo-francis-halle-Copier.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le \u00ab\u00a0Radeau des cimes\u00a0\u00bb ayant men\u00e9 8 exp\u00e9ditions sur les canop\u00e9es tropicales. Cr\u00e9dit photo : Francis Hall\u00e9<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Des avanc\u00e9es utiles pour la fili\u00e8re JEVI<\/h4>\n<p>Passionn\u00e9 en premier lieu par les esp\u00e8ces tropicales, ses d\u00e9couvertes ont permis des avanc\u00e9es au-del\u00e0 de ce domaine. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ses observations pouss\u00e9es des arbres, il reconnait <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ac-sciences-lettres-montpellier.fr\/academie_edition\/fichiers_conf\/HALLE-2017-PourLaScience.pdf\">24 structures architecturales<\/a> des arbres selon les esp\u00e8ces. Ces avanc\u00e9es en terme de connaissances sur la croissance des arbres sont notamment repris en JEVI afin d&rsquo;am\u00e9liorer les pratiques de taille. Il a \u00e9galement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u00e9construire l&rsquo;id\u00e9e de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de taille d&rsquo;un arbre, notamment en milieu urbain.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em> \u00ab\u00a0Respecter les arbres, c\u2019est s\u2019interdire de les soumettre \u00e0 des tailles ou \u00e0 des \u00e9lagages s\u00e9v\u00e8res qui les laissent marqu\u00e9s par des plaies de grands diam\u00e8tres et qui, de ce fait, les vouent \u00e0 la maladie, ou m\u00eame \u00e0 la mort<sup id=\"cite_ref-ReferenceB_28-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>.<\/em> \u00bb,<\/strong> Francis Hall\u00e9,\u00a0<i>Du bon usage des arbres \u2013 Un plaidoyer \u00e0 l\u2019intention des \u00e9lus et des \u00e9narques<\/i>, Actes Sud, 2011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-wzs61n-ef2ddb755a850ea885eb5be2e36e6fda\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-wzs61n-ef2ddb755a850ea885eb5be2e36e6fda{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-wzs61n-ef2ddb755a850ea885eb5be2e36e6fda hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18399\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18399\" class=\"wp-image-18399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier-1030x692.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier-1536x1032.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier-1500x1007.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier-705x474.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/modeles-architecturaux-Copier.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les 24 mod\u00e8les architecturaux des arbres par Francis Hall\u00e9. Cr\u00e9dit photo : Francis Hall\u00e9<\/p><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-wzs61n-1-4650c4df08a93f0ed40490fffe4c039c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-wzs61n-1-4650c4df08a93f0ed40490fffe4c039c{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-wzs61n-1-4650c4df08a93f0ed40490fffe4c039c hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Francis HALL\u00c9 est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 31\/12\/2025 \u00e0 Montpellier (34). Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 Professeur de botanique \u00e0 l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 de Montpellier.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-zmx8a6-3-c99679ca9479e818dff8735c5cc9539a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-zmx8a6-3-c99679ca9479e818dff8735c5cc9539a{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-zmx8a6-3-c99679ca9479e818dff8735c5cc9539a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Retrouvez un ensemble de ressources d\u00e9di\u00e9es \u00e0 ses travaux :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>le site de l&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foretprimaire-francishalle.org\/\">Association Francis HALL\u00c9 pour la for\u00eat primaire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofrance.fr\/personnes\/francis-halle\">des podcasts sur Radio France<\/a><\/li>\n<li>les livres de Francis Hall\u00e9 :\n<ul>\n<li><em>Eloge de la plante<\/em>, Le Seuil, 1999.<\/li>\n<li><em>Le Radeau des cimes : l&rsquo;exploration des canop\u00e9es foresti\u00e8res,<\/em> avec Dany Cleyet-Marrel et Gilles Ebersoft, Latt\u00e8s, 2000.<\/li>\n<li><em>Architecture des plantes,<\/em> 2024.<\/li>\n<li><em>Plaidoyer pour l&rsquo;arbre, <\/em>Actes Sud, 2005.<\/li>\n<li><em>La Vie des arbres<\/em>, Bayard, 2011.<\/li>\n<li><em>Le G\u00e9nie de la for\u00eat,<\/em> avec Vincent Zabus (sc\u00e9nario) et Nicoby (dessin), Albin Michel bandes dessin\u00e9es, 2025.<\/li>\n<li>etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"letter-spacing: normal\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREDON Occitanie souhaite rendre hommage \u00e0 Francis HALL\u00c9, ferveur d\u00e9fenseur des arbres et des for\u00eats pour l&rsquo;ensemble de ses travaux contribuant \u00e0 l&rsquo;avanc\u00e9e des connaissances du monde v\u00e9g\u00e9tal. Un passionn\u00e9 des for\u00eats tropicales et primaires Francis HALL\u00c9 a d\u00e9di\u00e9 l&rsquo;ensemble de sa vie professionnelle \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9tude du monde v\u00e9g\u00e9tal. Il a notamment men\u00e9 les missions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":18402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jevi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18395"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18419,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18395\/revisions\/18419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredonoccitanie.com\/jevi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}