In the Moulière massif in the Vienne département, France's strategy for tackling climate change is called the "mosaic forest".
Here, a conquering birch grows among the oaks, and a young pine replaces its dying cousins.
Summer slips into autumn in the former royal forest northeast of Poitiers. It remains green, but some deciduous trees have lost their branches and Scots pines are scorched. France has seen fewer wildfires than in 2022, but dieback still continues at a low level.