Espace Belledonne

What Espace Belledonne does

Espace Belledonne (legal entity: Association Espace Belledonne) is a French non-profit association (Association loi 1901) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Les Adrets, Isère, France. It functions as a territorial resource center and coordination hub for the Belledonne mountain range in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, bringing together public authorities, private associations, professional federations, and residents to coordinate sustainable territorial development across an 80km by 20km alpine massif spanning altitudes from 200 to 3,000 meters.

The organization's core offerings include an interactive web-based biodiversity map, 12 sector-specific guides presenting biological responsibility studies, photo exhibitions and kakémonos on Belledonne biodiversity, the annual "Belledonne & Veillées" cultural event program (currently in its 20th edition), and documentary screening tours along the GR738 hiking trail. Its technology stack is conventional web content delivery rather than a sophisticated platform; the primary intellectual property is curated territorial knowledge covering 357 ecological habitats, 22 high-altitude peat bogs, 45 high-altitude lakes, and 500 agricultural exploitations across the massif.

The association has no commercial revenue model and operates on public funding (notably from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region), partner contributions, and project grants. It has 5 employees, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, no M&A history, and no patents or trademarks. Strategic partnerships include Destination Belledonne (tourism), ADABEL (agriculture), Alpages38 (pastoralism), and the Haute Traversée de Belledonne (GR738 hiking trail).

Name

Espace Belledonne

Legal name

Association Espace Belledonne

Website

https://espacebelledonne.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Espace Belledonne is a French non-profit association founded in 1998 that serves as a territorial coordination hub and resource center for the Belledonne mountain range in the French Alps, uniting public authorities, private associations, and residents around biodiversity preservation, agricultural development, and sustainable mountain resource management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Territorial Development and Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Timber Tract Operations (113110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation (BPAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Forest Management & Silviculture Services (Cruising, Planning, Compliance) (IMAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Territorial development
• Biodiversity conservation
• Mountain resource center
• Environmental mapping
• Community coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Les Adrets

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Espace Belledonne is a territorial association that serves as a resource and coordination center for the Belledonne mountain range, bringing together public authorities, private associations, socio-economic actors, and residents. It produces and centralizes knowledge through biodiversity studies, an interactive mapping tool, twelve sector-specific guides on biological responsibility, photo exhibitions, documentary screening events, and a cultural programming calendar (Belledonne & Veillées). The association coordinates territorial initiatives, supports project leaders, and conducts biodiversity evaluation studies identifying species for which the Belledonne territory has preservation responsibility.

Product overview

Espace Belledonne is a territorial association (Association loi 1901) founded in 1998 that serves as a resource center for the Belledonne mountain range in the French Alps. Rather than a technology platform, it functions as a coordination and knowledge hub bringing together public (local authorities), private (associations, economic organizations, professional federations), and civil society actors. The organization's offerings include an interactive biodiversity mapping tool, territorial study guides, photo exhibitions, documentary screening events, and regular community gatherings. Its primary activities center on territorial development, biodiversity preservation, cultural heritage, and sustainable mountain resource management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interactive Biodiversity Map (Carte Interactive de Belledonne) A web-based interactive map focused on areas of biodiversity importance across the Belledonne massif, showing biodiversity nuclei, regulatory protections, environmental zonings, territorial pressures, and uses. It is designed for public authorities, associations, residents, and mountain users seeking to understand the territory's natural heritage.
• Sector Guides on Biological Responsibility Twelve sector-specific guides (approximately 10 pages each) presenting the study on biodiversity responsibility in Belledonne, covering sectors from Balcons Sud to Gelon et Coisin. Each guide includes a presentation of the general study, a sector-specific zoom, and contact resources for stakeholders.
• Photo Exhibitions and Kakémonos on Biodiversity A traveling exhibition of 7 kakémonos on biodiversity in Belledonne, accompanied by landscape and wildlife photography series, available for loan to partner organizations, municipalities, and event organizers across the territory.
• Belledonne & Veillées Cultural Event Program An annual cultural event program of 20 veillées (evening gatherings) programmed across the Belledonne territory in its 20th edition, celebrating local culture and heritage through community gatherings open to residents and visitors.
• Sentier des Bergers – GR738 Shepherd Trail Documentary Tour A documentary screening tour of 'Une journée | Un berger dans les Alpes' held at mountain refuges along the GR738 (Haute Traversée de Belledonne) trail, designed to promote dialogue between hikers, shepherds, and the public about mountain pastoralism in the Belledonne massif.
• Biological Responsibility Study Workshops On-demand territorial presentation sessions of the biological responsibility study results, offered to communes and associations to enable local actors to appropriate the work and inform biodiversity actions. Sessions are held across various communes of the Belledonne territory.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Destination BelledonnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA destination tourism organization for the Belledonne massif, promoting the territory and coordinating tourism development initiatives alongside Espace Belledonne's broader territorial coordination role.
• Haute Traversée de Belledonne (GR738)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA long-distance hiking trail (Grande Randonnée) crossing the Belledonne massif from Aiguebelle to Vizille, supported and promoted through the association's territorial coordination activities.
• ADABEL (Association de Développement de l'Agriculture en Belledonne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural development association that energizes and structures the network of farms in the Belledonne territory, promoting local products and short distribution circuits.
• Alpages38 (Fédération des Alpages de l'Isère)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederation of Isère mountain pastures, collaborating on pastoral activities and shepherd-related projects including the GR738 Shepherd's Path touring program.
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes RegioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional council providing financial support for territorial development projects and initiatives in the Belledonne massif, including biodiversity studies and pastoral programming.
• Belledonne en MarcheminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhoto credit contributor and collaborative partner for territorial documentation and communication materials about the Belledonne massif.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Parc naturel régional de Chartreuse: Adjacent PNR covering the Chartreuse massif directly north of Belledonne; performs territorial coordination, biodiversity studies, agricultural and pastoral development, and public-facing heritage programming on a comparable Alpine scale.
• France Nature Environnement Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional environmental federation uniting local nature-protection associations across Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; comparable federating/coordination role and overlapping membership model with Espace Belledonne.
• LPO Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional chapter of the Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux covering the same Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region; coordinates volunteer-based biodiversity monitoring, runs public engagement events, and produces species/habitat knowledge products analogous to those of Espace Belledonne.
• Conservatoire d'espaces naturels de l'Isère (CEN Isère): Operates within the same Isère department as Espace Belledonne; conducts habitat inventories, manages conservation sites, and partners with public authorities on biodiversity strategy — a direct functional peer at the same departmental level.
• Parc naturel régional du Massif des Bauges: Adjacent PNR north of Belledonne with similar mandate: biodiversity preservation, agricultural and pastoral support, territorial coordination, and educational programming in a Pre-Alpine territory.
• ASTERS - Conservatoire d'espaces naturels de Haute-Savoie: Departmental natural areas conservancy for neighboring Haute-Savoie; performs near-identical functions (habitat inventories, biodiversity studies, territorial coordination, public engagement) for an adjacent Alpine department, making it the closest structural comparable.

Broad incumbents

• France Nature Environnement: National umbrella federation for French environmental associations; engages in biodiversity advocacy, policy influence, and member coordination — adjacent rather than directly overlapping, but a relevant broader-sector incumbent.
• Fédération des Parcs naturels régionaux de France: National federation representing all French PNRs; offers overlapping capabilities in territorial biodiversity coordination, conservation policy, and knowledge production, but at a national scale rather than a single-massif niche.

Emerging players

• Mountain Wilderness France: French branch of the international Mountain Wilderness NGO; focuses on protecting fragile mountain environments and promoting sustainable pastoralism — intersecting thematically with Espace Belledonne's pastoral, biodiversity, and mountain-heritage work.
• CIPRA France (Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes): French national committee of the Alpine Convention-focused NGO CIPRA; works on biodiversity, sustainable development, and stakeholder coordination across the French Alps with a broader (transnational Alpine) mandate than Espace Belledonne's territorial focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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