*L’économie de la forêt* presents the forest as both a productive resource and a long-term inheritance. Drawing on the subtitle’s concern with better managing a patrimony, Henri Prévot’s study addresses the practical and economic questions involved in owning, maintaining, and making use of wooded land. The book is aimed at readers interested in the practical questions of forestry and rural stewardship. Its focus is less on abstract theory than on how forest wealth can be understood, organized, and sustained over time. Written for a French-speaking audience, the work remains a concise nonfiction treatment of forest management and the responsibilities attached to caring for a natural asset.