Eure-et-Loir Nature

What Eure-et-Loir Nature does

Eure-et-Loir Nature is a French departmental non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 1992 and headquartered at the Maison de la Nature in Morancez, Centre-Val de Loire. It is the only organization in the Eure-et-Loir department dedicated exclusively to nature study and protection, holding both a departmental environmental protection agrément (granted 1996, renewed 2013) and an Education nationale agrément (granted 2001, renewed 2011 and 2016). The association is federated to France Nature Environnement Centre-Val de Loire. Its core service portfolio centers on Municipal Biodiversity Inventories (Inventaires de la Biodiversité Communale, two-year commune-level flora/fauna mapping), the Objectif Zéro Pesticide charter program for communes, the Objectif MARES pond restoration program, school animations and Aires Terrestres Éducatives (ATE) in primary schools, and species protection campaigns for harriers (busards) and bats (chiroptères). Complementary products include the La Garzette quarterly naturalist magazine (published since 1992), the Obs'28 departmental biodiversity observation database (launched 2020), the SIRFF regional data system, and participatory workshops such as the Fresque de la Biodiversité.

Revenue is generated through three streams: individual membership dues (244 members in 2017, ~60 active volunteers), public grants and subsidies (Région Centre-Val de Loire, Agences de l'eau Loire-Bretagne and Seine-Normandie, national Fond Vert), and project-based studies and contracts commissioned by municipalities, water agencies, and public utilities such as Eau de Paris. The association operates a community-led go-to-market model — word-of-mouth, member recruitment, school animations, public events (Fête de la nature, Semaine de l'Arbre, naturalist outings), and direct institutional partnerships drive awareness and program delivery. There is no proprietary technology platform; field operations rely on conventional ecological survey methods plus drones for harrier nest detection. The organization employed approximately 28 staff and active volunteers as of the most recent reporting period, including a small salaried team (chargé des études, chargés de missions, technicien faune) supplemented by service civique volunteers.

Name

Eure-et-Loir Nature

Legal name

Association Eure-et-Loir Nature

Website

https://eln28.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eure-et-Loir Nature is a French departmental non-profit association founded in 1992, dedicated exclusively to nature study and environmental protection across the Eure-et-Loir department. It serves municipalities, schools, water agencies, and individual members through biodiversity inventories, pesticide reduction, pond restoration, school education, and species protection programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation (BPAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB), Conservation & Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (BPAGAIAI)

Keywords

• Environmental association services
• Biodiversity inventories
• Wildlife protection programs
• Ecological consulting services
• Nature education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Morancez

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Individual members pay annual dues to support the association; benefits include free access to association-organized animations and four issues of the naturalist magazine La Garzette.
2. Public grants and subsidies: The association receives funding from public bodies including the Région Centre-Val de Loire, water agencies (Agences de l'eau), and the Fond Vert for environmental projects and studies.
3. Project-based studies and contracts: Conducts biodiversity inventories (Inventaires de la Biodiversité Communale), environmental studies commissioned by water agencies, and consultancy work for municipalities and local governments, as evidenced by studies on odonates, amphibians, wind farm impact assessments, and ecological continuity projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Eure-et-Loir Nature is a non-profit environmental association that studies and protects natural heritage in the Eure-et-Loir department of France. It sells and delivers municipal biodiversity inventories (IBC), pesticide-free landscaping programs (Objectif Zéro Pesticide), pond-conservation initiatives (Objectif MARES), school and public environmental animations, technical assistance to farmers (ATE), and targeted species-protection programs for bats and harriers. These services are aimed at local authorities, schools, farmers, and individual members who fund the association through dues, donations, grants, and commissioned studies.

Product overview

Eure-et-Loir Nature is an environmental protection association offering a portfolio of nature conservation and environmental education services. The core offerings include Municipal Biodiversity Inventories (IBC), the Zero Pesticide initiative (Objectif Zéro Pesticide), pond restoration programs (Objectif MARES), school environmental animations, and bat/harrier protection campaigns. These programs are complemented by educational tools like the quarterly magazine 'La Garzette' (published since 1992), the Obs'28 observation database, and participatory workshops such as the Biodiversity Fresco. The association also provides event-based activities including nature hikes, bird observation sessions, willow weaving workshops, and wild cooking workshops, all serving to promote environmental awareness and biodiversity conservation across the Eure-et-Loir department.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inventaires Biodiversité Communaux (IBC) / Municipal Biodiversity Inventories

Quantifiable outcome

• 71+ municipalities engaged across various programs (2024)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Université Paris-SaclayminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Academic partner in the Connect-Eure project, which combines geomorphology, ecological networks, biodiversity, and topography studies related to the historic Louis XIV canal.
• Office National des Forêts (ONF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ONF partners with Eure-et-Loir Nature on bat habitat improvement projects in forests of Eure-et-Loir (Senonches), installing bat boxes, creating chiroptères access points, and equipping forest houses for bat colonies.
• FREDON Centre-Val de LoireminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024FREDON (Fédération Régionale de Défense contre les Organismes Nuisibles) Centre-Val de Loire collaborated on a workshop about invasive insect pests (processionary moths, box tree moth, Asian hornet) at the Objectif Zéro Pesticide communes meeting.
• Comité de Hameau de Seresville (CHS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Joint management of the Sentier Nature at Seresville (created 1993) and co-organization of nature exhibitions with local photographers.
• Eau de ParisminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership on biodiversity actions on the Eure river watershed. Eau de Paris acquired 81 hectares near La Vigne to develop organic agriculture and partners with the association on related environmental studies.
• Agences de l'eau (Loire-Bretagne et Seine-Normandie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Water agencies co-finance biodiversity and water quality studies and actions conducted by Eure-et-Loir Nature, including pond restoration and river biodiversity projects. The association conducts studies commissioned by water agencies on the Eure river and other water bodies.
• CDC BiodiversitéminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaboration on biodiversity actions, particularly related to biodiversity offset projects and ecological continuity.
• CofirouteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Highway concessionaire partnership on biodiversity-friendly roadside management and ecological continuity along transport corridors.
• Groupe Pigeon GranulatsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership related to biodiversity actions, potentially involving quarry site ecological management.
• Conservatoire d'espaces naturels Centre-Val de LoireminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaborates on natural area conservation and joint events such as the 'Triston Godzilla' nature walk at Etang de la Benette, Senonches.
• Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs d'Eure-et-LoirminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-organizer of the Semaine de l'Arbre (Tree Week) with Eure-et-Loir Nature and Prosilva Eure et Loir, planting native trees in 24 communes.
• Prosilva Eure et LoirminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-organizer of the Semaine de l'Arbre with the association and the hunters' federation.
• France Nature Environnement (FNE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1993Eure-et-Loir Nature is federated to France Nature Environnement Centre-Val de Loire, which is part of the national France Nature Environnement federation. This federation provides the association with a national network, advocacy capacity, and access to shared resources and campaigns (e.g., pesticides, biodiversity, climate).
• Nature CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1993Historical regional federation (now absorbed into FNE Centre-Val de Loire) to which Eure-et-Loir Nature was affiliated in 1993. Served as the regional umbrella for environmental associations in the Centre region.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• France Nature Environnement (FNE): National umbrella federation of which Eure-et-Loir Nature is a member. Operates advocacy campaigns and policy work on biodiversity, pesticides and climate — overlapping mission space and acting as the parent network for the subject association.
• Office français de la biodiversité (OFB): Public agency overseeing biodiversity, water and hunting policy in France. Comparable as a major institutional actor commissioning and conducting biodiversity studies in the same geography, with which Eure-et-Loir Nature partners and into whose SIRFF database it contributes data.
• Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO): France's largest bird and biodiversity protection NGO, operating nationwide through a network of local chapters. Comparable in that it conducts species protection campaigns, runs school education programs and publishes naturalist content — many of the same activity categories as Eure-et-Loir Nature but at national scale.

Direct peers

• Conservatoire d'espaces naturels Centre-Val de Loire: Regional conservatoire that manages natural sites and partners with Eure-et-Loir Nature on joint events such as the 'Triston Godzilla' nature walk. Directly comparable as a regional conservation organization with overlapping geographic scope and complementary activities.
• Nature & Humanisme: French association promoting organic gardening and pesticide-free practices for biodiversity. Overlaps with Eure-et-Loir Nature's 'Jardin au naturel' program and Objectif Zéro Pesticide charter activity.
• Bretagne Vivante – SEPNB: Regional natural history society in Brittany running inventories, species protection and public engagement — a structural analogue to Eure-et-Loir Nature but operating in a different region of France. Closely matches the subject association's departmental-scale, member-based, naturalist-society model.
• FNE Centre-Val de Loire: Regional federation under France Nature Environnement covering the same Centre-Val de Loire region. Directly comparable as the regional coordinating body to which Eure-et-Loir Nature is affiliated, running similar biodiversity, water and education programs across the region.
• FREDON Centre-Val de Loire: Regional federation for the defense against harmful organisms, working on invasive species and pesticide alternatives. Collaborated with Eure-et-Loir Nature on a 2024 workshop on invasive pests, indicating closely aligned technical work in pest management and biodiversity.
• ASPAS (Association pour la Protection des Animaux Sauvages): French wildlife protection NGO focused on defending wild animals and their habitats, notably through litigation. Co-petitioner with Eure-et-Loir Nature on the suspended 2024 badger hunting authorization, indicating directly comparable wildlife advocacy activities.
• Picardie Nature: Naturalist association in the Hauts-de-France region running biodiversity inventories, public events and volunteer-led naturalist groups. Operates with the same member/volunteer model and the same mix of conservation, study and education activities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/eln28
• Instagraminstagram.com/eureetloirnature
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eure-et-loir-nature

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