P—01 #Food · #Strategy

Applied to business.

Ecology is an operational advantage. We apply it to how businesses and territories function, from product design to system-level management. The systems we build produce more, waste less, and require fewer inputs to remain stable.

Selected projects

Applied to systems we build.

Selected projects we lead to address gaps we encounter in practice.

I—01
Developing the local economy around ecological production
I—02
Deploying autonomy solutions for resilient living
I—03
Locally-Adapted Foods Initiative
I—04
Putting carbon back into the context of living systems
I—05
Accelerating ecological design in tropical ecosystems
I—06
A renewable local resource, developed from crop to application

Grounded in Mauritius.

Round Island — habitat of the endemic Round Island Boa
Round Island · 20.5°S · habitat of the endemic Boa

Mauritius is a small, highly interconnected territory where ecological, infrastructural, economic, and cultural systems overlap within short distances.

The island combines steep environmental gradients, exposure to climate variability, import dependence, and a mixed agricultural and tourism economy shaped by historical land-use patterns. Food systems, infrastructure, biodiversity, and land management operate in direct interaction. This proximity makes interventions, consequences, and trade-offs visible quickly.

For applied ecology, this makes Mauritius a high-resolution environment for developing ecological methods under practical constraints.

Blue Boa.

The Round Island Boa is an endemic species from Mauritius that has survived under strong ecological constraint through adaptation to limited resources and a narrow ecological niche.

The “Blue” refers to the ocean surrounding Mauritius. It defines the island’s boundary conditions: isolation, exposure, and connection to external climatic and ecological systems.

Adaptation under constraint. That is the practice.

Team.

Boris F. Mayer
Experimental Ecologist · Co-founder

Dr. Boris F. Mayer

PhD Plant Ecophysiology, McGill

Philippe La Hausse
Strategy & Finance · Co-founder

Philippe La Hausse

ACCA, formerly PwC

Mathieu
Eco designer

Mathieu Raffray

Environmental Design, UQAM

Anna
Analysis & Reporting

Anna Paturau

Master’s in Degrowth: Ecology, Economics & Policy, UAB

Supported by a network of specialists across science, engineering, design, and data.

Build with us.

Selected clients
Eco-Sud
La Maison Corson
Sealife Organics
Ingenia by MCFI
Terre Agroécologie
Tribal Labs
ROC

For projects, partnerships and collaborations

contact@blue-boa.com