The National School of Rural Engineering, Water Resources and Forestry (''École nationale du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts'', or ENGREF), was a department of

Agro ParisTech AgroParisTech (officially ''Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement'', or Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences)English naming according tEnglish brochure is a French higher educati ...

for

foresters A forester is a person who practises forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including ecological restoration and management of protected areas. Foresters manage forests to ...

and students of the

Corps of Bridges, Waters and Forests The ''Corps des ponts, des eaux et des forêts'' (in English "Corps of Bridges, Waters and Forests") is a technical Grand Corps of the French State ( grand corps de l'Etat). Its members are senior officials, mainly employed by the French Ministry o ...

, that was still an independent institution up until 2006. It was created in 1964, from the merger of the

French National School of Forestry The French National School of Forestry (''École nationale des eaux et forêts'', or National School of Water Resources and Forestry), established in Nancy, France, in 1824, was the first national training institute for foresters in France ...

(''École nationale des eaux et forêts'', or National School of Water Resources and Forestry) and the National School of Rural Engineering (''École nationale du génie rural'') and became part of

AgroParisTech AgroParisTech (officially ''Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement'', or Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences)English naming according tEnglish brochure is a French higher educati ...

(''Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l’environnement'', or Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences) in 2006.

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