Christophe BAUFFE
Managing Director
Project management and fundraising (Interreg, LIFE, BREEAM), forest, environment and GIS.
Contact : christophe.bauffe@ecofirst.eu
The cooperative
Ecofirst is an ecological and forestry engineering cooperative that brings together skills, ideas and a pragmatic vision of nature conservation.
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.
Gérard JADOUL
Managing DirectorProject management and fundraising (LIFE), forest, wildlife/game, international relations, relations with stakeholders and authorities.
Contact : gerard.jadoul@ecofirst.eu
Caroline RINEN
Administrative and Financial ManagerResponsible for budgeting, cash flow, and accounting, ensuring administrative management and monitoring of internal procedures, and human resources management.
Contact : caroline.rinen@ecofirst.eu
Lionel COQUELET
MANAGEMENT TEAM COORDINATORProject and budget management, nature projects on industrial sites, fauna integration in (re)built environments, management plans, forestry expertise.
Contact : lionel.coquelet@ecofirst.eu
Pierrette NYSSEN
SCIENTIFIC TEAM COORDINATORProject management, environment, international relations and biological monitoring.
Contact : pierrette.nyssen@ecofirst.eu
Aurélie MAEBE
Project managerTeam management, mapping, relations with landowners/land users, fieldwork (planning and follow-up).
Contact : aurelie.maebe@ecofirst.eu
Jean-François GODEAU
Project ManagerDatabase management (GIS and biological), international relations, management plans and biological monitoring.
Contact : jf.godeau@ecofirst.eu
Mathieu DERUME
Project managerForests, mapping, relations with landowners/land users, fieldwork (planning and follow-up) and biological monitoring.
Contact : mathieu.derume@ecofirst.eu
Thomas LEFEVRE
Project managerMapping, relations with landowners/land users, fieldwork (planning and follow-up).
Contact : thomas.lefevre@ecofirst.eu
Valentin CLAES
Project managerProject management, forestry expertise, fieldwork (planning and follow-up), forest management plans, photogrammetry and drone modeling.
Contact : valentin.claes@ecofirst.eu
Ophélia NOEL
Project ManagerProject management and monitoring of ecological studies, nature development plans, management plans, data analysis, mapping, and communication channels.
Contact : ophelia.noel@ecofirst.eu
Dennis BERCKMANS
Project managerMapping 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
Project managerForest and park management, urban tree expertise, advice and guidance, management plans, mapping.
Contact: maxime.manderlier@ecofirst.eu
Nikyta VAN DEN ABBEEL
Project ManagerProject management, biological monitoring, mapping, and writing of fauna and flora reports.
Contact : nikyta.vandenabbeel@ecofirst.eu
Ferre MANNAERTS
Project managerMapping and negotiations, sustainable forest and nature management, nature management and monitoring, nature management plans, nature management of industrial sites.
Contact: ferre.mannaerts@ecofirst.eu
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.
