12 pagesNational audienceHow do the human and social sciences view the profession of forester at the Office national des Forêts (French National Forestry Board)? Historically, the technocratic approach and technical self-confidence of many foresters during the post-World War II years met with opposition from the environmentalists. As a result of this confrontation, the positions of the forestry corps became more flexible and topics such as ecology or more generally the environment entered into common forestry parlance. Today, the forester's profession is in the process of recomposition. While some still nurture the dream of wholly rationalised forestry based on documented data, others are willing to accept and advocate a subjective dimensio...