Forum des Marais Atlantiques (FMA)

Name

Forum des Marais Atlantiques (FMA)

Legal name

Syndicat Mixte du Forum des Marais Atlantiques

Website

https://forum-zones-humides.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Conservation Services

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Coastal & Marine Resources Administration (Oceans, Fisheries, Shorelines) (BPAIAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation & Resilience Programs (BPAIAMAD), Environmental Education, Capacity Building & Community Engagement (BPADALAO)

Keywords

• Wetland conservation services
• Environmental training programs
• GIS mapping services
• Ecological restoration programs
• Biodiversity network coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochefort

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding and Financial Partnerships: FMA operates as a public mixed syndicate (Syndicat Mixte) financed by public partners including water agencies (Agences de l'eau), government ministries, regional councils, and departmental councils. The organization receives grants and co-funding for its programs and actions from these public financial partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Forum des Marais Atlantiques (FMA) operates as a French public consortium and the official Pôle-relais zones humides for Atlantic, Channel, and North Sea wetlands, coordinating wetland conservation, inventory, and restoration efforts nationally. Its core activities include developing standardized monitoring methodologies (MhéO, GWERN), running a national actor network for extensive livestock farming in wetlands, providing paid training programs in GIS, hydrology, and restoration, and maintaining a centralized documentation center. The organization is funded primarily through public agencies (water agencies, regional and departmental councils) and delivers technical coordination, training, and knowledge dissemination to wetland professionals across France.

Product overview

Forum des Marais Atlantiques (FMA) is a public organization functioning as the "Pôle-relais zones humides" (Wetland Relay Center) for the Atlantic, Channel, and North Sea regions. Rather than a unified software product, FMA operates as a coordination and resource center offering documentary resources, training programs, and networking services for wetland conservation. Its portfolio includes the GWERN data entry tool for wetland inventories, the MhéO methodology for wetland evaluation, and various publications including the 'Lettre Forum' magazine and 'Esc@le' electronic newsletter. FMA coordinates the national network on livestock farming and biodiversity in wetlands through its dedicated platform at elevage.forum-zones-humides.org, and runs specialized training programs on GIS, wetland function evaluation, and ecological restoration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formation SIG « Milieux humides, bassins versants » (GIS Training for Wetlands and Watersheds) Paid 3-day GIS training adapted to wetland and watershed issues, including QGIS software instruction for managing geographic information. Priced at 300€ per participant for the initiation QGIS session at Rochefort (Sept 2026). Designed for river technicians, wetland managers, and water basin animators.
• Formation « Méthode nationale d'évaluation des fonctions des zones humides » (Wetland Function Evaluation Training) Training on the national method for evaluating wetland functions, covering theory and practical application with field exercises for wetland professionals.
• Formation « Vers une restauration fonctionnelle des zones humides » (Wetland Functional Restoration Training) Paid one-day training session on functional wetland restoration techniques. Priced at 100€ per participant. Delivered in Hauts-de-France in partnership with SYMVAHEM and the regional nature park. Targeted at technical professionals working in wetland restoration.
• Formation Analyse piézométrique en zones humides (Piezometric Data Analysis Training) Paid 1.5-day training on analyzing piezometric data in wetlands, part of the MhéO standardized monitoring toolbox. Priced at 150€ per participant. Delivered at Rochefort for technical professionals in wetland hydrology.

Quantifiable outcome

• National experimentation on extensive livestock farming in wetlands coordinated across 4 pilot territories: Somme Bay, Brouage marshes, Cotentin and Bessin marshes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• Pôle-relais Zones Humides (National Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFMA is itself the 'Pôle-relais zones humides' for the Atlantic, Channel, and North Sea region, forming part of a national network of wetland relay poles including Poles for Mediterranean Lagoons, Marshes and Alluvial Valleys, Tropical Wetlands, and Peatlands. These poles share knowledge and coordinate actions on wetlands across France.
• Agence de l'Eau Loire-BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater agency providing financial and technical support for wetland network activities, training programs, and restoration projects in the Loire-Bretagne basin. Co-finances FMA's basin-level wetland network coordination.
• Agence de l'Eau Adour-GaronnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater agency supporting FMA's technical training on GIS and hydrology, as well as basin-level wetland network activities in the Adour-Garonne territory. Co-finances wetland programs and MhéO protocol adaptation.
• Agence de l'Eau Seine-NormandiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinancial and technical partner supporting FMA's wetland restoration technical days and Seine-Normandy basin wetland network activities.
• Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOFB is a key institutional partner in wetland monitoring and biodiversity conservation. FMA collaborates with OFB on the MhéO project (standardized wetland monitoring toolbox) and various wetland conservation initiatives.
• Conservatoire botanique national de BailleulmoderateTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with CBN de Bailleul for the Digitale2 information system providing vegetation characteristic maps for wetlands. FMA publishes and promotes Digitale2's wetland vegetation cartography tools.
• Fédération des Conservatoires d'espaces naturels (FCEN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCEN co-organizes technical events, training, and conferences with FMA on wetland management and livestock farming, including the Pasto'Loire program and national seminars.
• Ramsar France (Association Ramsar France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFMA actively participates in Ramsar France's annual national seminars and coordinates World Wetlands Day activities in France, contributing to international wetland conservation coordination.
• INRAE - Unité expérimentale de Saint-Laurent-de-la-PréemoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerINRAE's experimental unit partners with FMA on the TETRAE-MaVi program (Maintenir des Marais Vivants face au changement climatique), studying carbon sequestration and biodiversity in Atlantic coastal marshes.
• Conservatoire du LittoralmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Coastal Conservatory co-organizes webinars on coastal adaptation to climate change ('Rivages en mouvement') with FMA, addressing wetland and shoreline management challenges.
• Association Nationale des Élus des Bassins (ANEB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerANEB collaborates with FMA and the Poles-relais on webinars about wetlands and SCoT (territorial planning documents), particularly within the LIFE BIODIV'FRANCE program.
• LPO VendéeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLPO Vendée collaborates with FMA and farmers on ecological engineering projects to restore wet meadows for bird conservation, including works benefiting the Black-tailed godwit in the Breton marsh.
• SYMVAHEMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSYMVAHEM partners with FMA's Hauts-de-France antenna for training on functional wetland restoration in the caps and marshes of Opale regional nature park.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Pôle-relais Tourbières: National relay pole for peatlands, part of the same state-designated network as FMA. Operates with the same coordination, training, and documentation model but focuses on peatland ecosystems.
• Pôle-relais Lagunes méditerranéennes: French national wetland relay pole covering Mediterranean lagoons; sister Pôle-relais to FMA with the same statutory mandate on a different geographic façade, making it the most structurally comparable entity.
• Association Ramsar France: National Ramsar committee coordinating World Wetlands Day and the annual Ramsar seminars with FMA; directly comparable network-coordination role for internationally designated wetland sites.
• Fédération des Conservatoires d'espaces naturels (FCEN): Federation of natural area conservancies that co-organizes training, events, and wetland management programs with FMA (e.g., Pasto'Loire); comparable NGO coordination model focused on land stewardship.
• Pôle-relais Marais, Vallées Alluviales et Zones Humides Intérieures: National relay pole for inland marshes and alluvial wetlands; sister Pôle-relais to FMA, sharing the same public-mandate coordination model and stakeholder ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Wetlands International: Global NGO dedicated to wetland conservation; comparable thematic mission and network-coordination model operating at international scale, with regional programs that overlap with FMA's Mediterranean and Atlantic façade work.
• Agence Française pour la Biodiversité - Water Agencies (Agences de l'Eau): Six basin-level water agencies that fund wetland programs and are FMA's primary financial partners; comparable public-coordinate role at the basin scale with broader water resource mandates.
• Conservatoire du Littoral: National coastal land agency that co-organizes coastal adaptation programs with FMA; broader governmental mandate on coastal land acquisition but overlaps with FMA on coastal marsh stewardship.
• Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB): National biodiversity agency that funds and co-develops wetland monitoring and conservation programs with FMA; offers a broader biodiversity remit but is a key institutional partner and partial substitute for FMA's coordination role.

Others

• INRAE: French national research institute partnering with FMA on the TETRAE-MaVi program; comparable public-interest science and wetland research agenda, though operating as a research institution rather than a coordination pole.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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