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The cooperative

Ecofirst is an ecological and forestry engineering cooperative that brings together skills, ideas and a pragmatic vision of nature conservation.

Ecofirst Equipe

Company profile

Created in 2018, Ecofirst gathers experts from a wide range of subjects related to Biodiversity, Forests and Environment.

This project-oriented team is rooted both in the complementarity of expertises and in the pleasure of working together along with stakeholders.

Thanks to this diversity, Ecofirst works on your projects with a clear mindset : a pragmatic, scientific, multi-service approach and an human-orientated project management.

Hire Ecofirst. And be sure our team will successfully handle your most complex challenges.

Team

Ecofirst gathers experts from a wide range of subjects related to Biodiversity, Forests and Environment.

  • Photo Christophe BAUFFE

    Christophe BAUFFE

    Managing Director

    Project management and fundraising (Interreg, LIFE, BREEAM), forest, environment and GIS. 

    Contact : christophe.bauffe@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Gerard Jadoul

    Gérard JADOUL

    Managing Director

    Project management and fundraising (LIFE), forest, wildlife/game, international relations, relations with stakeholders and authorities.

    Contact : gerard.jadoul@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Aurélie MAEBE

    Aurélie MAEBE

    Team Coordinator

    Team management, mapping, relations with landowners/land users, fieldwork (planning and follow-up).

    Contact : aurelie.maebe@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Jean François GODEAU

    Jean-François GODEAU

    Scientific expert

    Database management (GIS and biological), international relations, management plans and biological monitoring.

    Contact : jf.godeau@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Lionel COQUELET

    Lionel COQUELET

    COORDINATOR PROJECTS ELIA

    Project and budget management, Nature projects on industrial sites, Management plans, Forestry expertise.
    F, NL, EN.

    Contact : lionel.coquelet@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Mathieu DERUME

    Mathieu DERUME

    Project manager

    Forests, mapping, relations with landowners/land users, fieldwork (planning and follow-up) and biological monitoring.

    Contact : mathieu.derume@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Pierrette NYSSEN

    Pierrette NYSSEN

    Scientific expert

    Project management, environment, international relations and biological monitoring.

    Contact : pierrette.nyssen@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Thomas LEFEVRE

    Thomas LEFEVRE

    Project manager

    Mapping, relations with landowners/land users, fieldwork (planning and follow-up).

    Contact : thomas.lefevre@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Valentin CLAES

    Valentin CLAES

    Project manager

    Mapping, forestry expertise, ecological engineering.

    Contact : valentin.claes@ecofirst.eu

  • Ophelia NOEL

    Ophélia NOEL

    Project Manager

    Environmental and forest management, landscaping, management plans, cartography, communication channels.

    Contact : ophelia.noel@ecofirst.eu

  • Laurence NIVELLE

    Laurence NIVELLE

    Project manager

    Mapping, relations with landowners/land users, fieldwork (planning and follow-up).

    Contact : laurence.nivelle@ecofirst.eu

  • Photo Dennis Berckmans

    Dennis BERCKMANS

    Project manager

    Mapping and negotiations, Sustainable forest and nature management, Nature management and monitoring, Nature management plans, Nature management of industrial sites

    Contact: dennis.berckmans@ecofirst.eu

  • Maxime MANDERLIER

    Maxime MANDERLIER

    Project manager

    Forest and park management, urban tree expertise, advice and guidance, management plans, mapping

    Contact: maxime.manderlier@ecofirst.eu

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Our clients

Ecofirst carries out different missions for a wide range of clients (public, companies, individuals) in all Europe, mainly in Belgium, France and Luxembourg. Our clients have a common goal : they want to implement an integrated management of natural areas (forests, open environments, protected areas, etc.).

We carry out a privileged relationship with various linear infrastructure managers in Belgium and France: high-voltage network for electricity, rail network, road network... Vegetation management is often an issue for these companies and Ecofirst's mission is to turn it into opportunities by transforming these "corridors" or "green areas" into a biodiversity-friendly environment. This in-depth expertise in linear infrastructures has earned the Ecofirst team European and Belgian awards within the LIFE Elia-RTE project.


Our partners

Working along with a network of experts is one of the assets of the Ecofirst cooperative. We build close connections with our partners in order to develop ambitious projects and implement them in the most efficient way.

For your projects requiring complex administrative procedures, land uses or specific expertise, this network of partners is a real strength.

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