Marc De Vrieze

Experience

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  Agency for nature & forest

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2004

  Technician forest inventory & extensive forest management plans

  Assignment : - Perform measurements for first regional forest inventory of Flanders.- Control & adaptation of forest maps commissioned by the Flemish Land Agency (VLM).- Performing forest inventories in function of extensive forest management plans for domain forests of Flanders. - Technical forest and nature management on the field.Specification assignments :- Measurement of 3.792 forest and vegetation plots whitin the grid "regional forest inventory ".- Measurement of 282 plots for research of soil samples within the grid "regional forest inventory".- Measurement of 3.000 forestry plots and vegetation plots in function of making a "management plan for public forests".- Inventory of all mosses situated within the sampling units of the grid " regional forest inventory ". Show less

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  Council of Waarschoot

  Apr 2006 - Jun 2007

  Work leader green service- environmental park and cemeteries service

  Management position

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  KU Leuven

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Technician-Researcher Forecoman research group university of Louvain

  Assignment : - Forest inventories in the context of research to location suitability for pedunculate oak, beech and Scots pine.- Conducting measurements concerning research on external characterization on tree level.Specification assignments :- Measurement of 296 research plots "SimForTree" spread over Flanders.- Research to location suitability for pedunculate oak, beech and Scots pine.- Research on external characterization on tree level. - Perform research in all forestry and vegetation plots.- Giving Coefficients to measurement results according to the Braun-Blanquet, Tansley & Londo method.- Performing 189 pressler drillings at pedunculate oak, Scots pine & beech.- Analysis of wood drilling steels with lintab measuring equipment and software.- Taking various soil steel names for determining humus profiling at the selected plots.- Performing quality provisions within different research plots.- Oxidation rods placing within different research plots. Show less

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  Department of Forest and Water Management University of Ghent -RUG

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  SimForTree Technician-Researcher

  Assignment : - Analysis of wood drilling steels with lintab measuring equipment and software.

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  ABO nv. consult.

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Project Assistant environmental studies

  Assignment :- Format of domain forests in management units.- Measurement of forest and vegetation plots in function of an extensive forest management plan (UBBP) for Merksplas and Lanaken. Specification assignments:- Conducting 25 General characteristics on the field.- Measurement of 66 forestry plots.- Measurement of 214 vegetation plots.- Measurement of 5 vegetation plots with the Tansley method.- Entering all terrain data in the ANB database " forest management package" - Formatting a database with overview of the plotted research plots.- Created database with overview pictures of all sampling units.- Measurement of various forestry plots for the second regional forest inventory of the Flanders.- Format of 17 domain forests including the "Drongengoedbos - 408ha". Show less

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  Antea Group

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

  Technical specialist ecology

  Assignment : - Performing field research in function of Harmonic park-and green management plans (HPG).- Processing all terrain data in databases, Bosprog and ArcMap.- Preparation of reporting about biotic factors.Specification assignments :- Management format and vegetation plots in function of an HPG for Boterlaar-Silsburg.- Measurement of forest and vegetation plots at Mariakerke in function of an HPG for the Roeland park.- Measurement of vegetation plots and adaptation of the biological valuation map (BWK) for the Bloso domain at Hofstade.- Format of the habitat area for the Glanville fritillary at the nature reserve Balen-Keiheuvel aerodrome.- Inventory of the butterflies and dragonflies.- Measurement of vegetation plots from the shore zones of the pools in function of an BWK.- Measurement of vegetation plots from the habitat area of the Glanville fritillary.- Measurement of vegetation plots in function of adaptation of the biological valuation map for the nature reserve. - Measurement of vegetation plots in function of the preparation of an Harmonic park-and green management plan for the city park Aalst.- Subdivide of the park in management units.- Measurement of forest and vegetation plots at the Zwembad-park at Aalst in function of an HPG.- Preparatory study in function of forest and vegetation plots for drafting an HPG at the recreation domain Blaarmeersen at Ghent.- Bird counts and observing for a study commissioned by EcoPower in the region Zwijndrecht about placing Wind turbines. - Perform an inventory and verification of the arboretum park of the city Aalst. Show less

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  Landmax bvba

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Project fellow worker

  Assignment : - Performing dendrometric measurements for an extensive forest management plan (UBBP) commissioned by the forest groups. - Formatting file descriptions in function of management format.

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  AS Adventure

  Feb 2012 - Apr 2015

  Responsable camping & outdoor

  Management of the camping department.Guide, inform and advise customers.Sell camping products.Giving training on Outdoor & Camping to store managers in training period.Purchase Commission Camping & Outdoor.Analysis & reporting of the Camping Department.

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  Cevora - VDAB

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2015

  Course member

  full-time training AutoCAD Pro & Sketchup Pro.

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  Greentop

  Sept 2015 - Sept 2015

  Internship period CAD training

  Writing a report on green roofs and vertical gardens.Composing vegetation pallets for vertical gardens.Making some CAD drawings with AutoCad and Sketchup.

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  Badger Outdoor Experience

  May 2017 - Dec 2017

  Starting entrepreneur at startersLabo

  Trajectory for start-up entrepreneurs

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  Job seeker

  Dec 2017 - Aug 2018

  Job seeker

  All available jobs in the sectors of outdoor, forest and nature management, ecology and sustainability!Both full-time and part-time assignments, immediately available ...

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  Badger outdoor experience

  Aug 2018 - now

  Founder

  Starting up a sustainable green outdoor project!With the ability of teaching foraging,bushcrafting and nature experiences on site ...

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  Universiteit Antwerpen

  Oct 2020 - Nov 2020

  Ecologist project assistent

  Work experience internship at the evolutionary ecology research group Wilrijk.Providing support for the BioRodDis & Ticks and tick-borne diseases project.

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  BOS+

  Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  Intern nature management.

  Performing a botanical inventory for the management units of the Hortelbos located in Houthalen-Helchteren. Creating a photo database of the flora and fauna during the inventories. Describing the various management units and registering the inventory data on type 2 & 4 sheets for a forest nature management plan. Digitizing the terrain data. Provide advice for future forest management.