 Territorial experimentation as an adaptation strategy 
Today, forestry and wood processing are being highlighted for their possible contribution to the transformation of production and consumption systems towards more sustainable socio-economic models. Also, recent developments in the field of transition studies point to a lack of consideration for territorial factors in the emergence of alternatives. On this basis, tThise paper proposes to explore the territorial dynamics of transition in the the forestry and and in woodtimber industryforest-wood sector through the “valuation milieu” framework. Based on two case studies in the Vosges region of France, we show how production alternatives are promoted by local stakeholders. The results indicate that the efforts undertaken on resources’ identification and requalification, as well as the experimental nature of the projects, are the key factors guiding their implementation and underpinning their intra- and extra-territorial processes of legitimization.