The French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) (Office français de la biodiversité) is a French Government agency that conducts research and enforces government policies on wildlife and the environment.
The French Biodiversity Office (OFB) is a public institution dedicated to safeguarding biodiversity. One of its priorities is to respond urgently to the challenges of preserving life.
Created on January 1, 2020 by Law No. 2019-773 of July 24, 2019, the French Biodiversity Office is under the supervision of the Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Pierre Dubreuil is the general manager.
The OFB brings together agents from the French Biodiversity Agency (AFB) and the National Office for Hunting and Wildlife (ONCFS). Uniting these two establishments in the fight for the protection of nature, makes it possible to bring together expertise on aquatic, land and marine environments and to form a common front against the threats to biodiversity in France. Bringing together these two entities, whose agents are located throughout France and overseas, also ensures solid anchoring in the territories to act at the local level.