ChassAdapt and the INPN: two national references for huntable species
OFB runs ChassAdapt; the INPN publishes reference species lists and their conservation status.
Management of huntable species in France relies on two separate national references. The Office français de la biodiversité (OFB) runs ChassAdapt, a scheme presented as a tool for adapting the management of huntable species, in particular to adjust harvests to population trends. In parallel, the Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN), a reference platform run by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, publishes reference species lists together with their regulatory and conservation status, a useful basis for distinguishing huntable species from protected ones. These two national sources do not, however, replace the departmental orders and culling plans, which set quotas, precise species-specific periods and any local restrictions. A hunter must therefore cross-reference the national framework — OFB and INPN for the species list and status — with the annual decisions of their departmental federation and prefecture before each outing.