He is Director of the Belgian NGO Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland (RLKM),[1] and was the President of the largest network on the natural heritage in Europe, EUROPARC federation, from 2014 until 2021;[2] and a full member of the EU chapter of Club of Rome.

Due to his international work on biodiversity and social entrepreneurship, he became an Honorary Doctor for the University of Hasselt in 2011.

In November 2013, Ignace Schops was decorated by the Belgian King Filip as Commander of the Order of the Crown.

This model has four principles: Schops is the author and co-author of several books and articles on herpetology, nature conservation, landscaping, social entrepreneurship, sustainable tourism, etc.

Related to and launched at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 2012 he was selected to write a contribution in the book Green Growth and travelism, Letters from leaders.