| Past uses of chestnut RF | Past uses of holm-oak and truffle RF | Parallel past economic activities in chestnut RF | Parallel past economic activities, holm-oak and truffle RF | Present day uses chestnut RF | Present day uses holm-oak and truffle RF | Present day parallel economic activities of both RFs |
| Main staple food for humans; dried chestnuts eaten in soups off season. Fresh chestnuts sold on local markets | Truffles for local consumption and local markets. Sold to brokers collecting truffles for transformers living in urban areas | Silk industries (17th – 19th century) | Viticulture and wine industry |
Used only in specific dishes locally and in urban areas and mainly in fresh form or transformed: e.g., “crème de marron ” |
Consumed locally at family level but mainly sold directly during fairs and on local markets | Agro-tourism |
| Wood used for fuel and construction | Wood used for fuel and construction | Wood used in mines and for wood charcoal industries | Fuel wood and charcoal industry during the 19th century | Timber production | Secondary dwellers | |
| Payment of taxes (Middle Ages) | Secondary products: mushroom (e.g., Boletus) and game | Secondary products: aromatic plants (thyme), game | Secondary products: Boletus and game used locally and sold in informal market circuits | Secondary product: game, aromatic plants (e.g., thyme) | ||
| Chestnuts and leaves: fodder for feeding animals and forest used as grazing grounds for sheep flocks | Acorns of holm-oak and tree leaves: fodder for animals and forest used as grazing grounds for large flocks of sheep | Pigs fed with chestnuts sold once a year. Goat milk and sheep meat sold and used locally | Sheep and goat products used locally and sold | Goat cheese (“pélardon” with Protected Designation of Origin). Sheep meat sold | Environmental projects | |
| A political refuge area during the Catholic-Protestant religious wars in Cévennes in the 17th century | Area of refuge for young unemployed urban dwellers | |||||