FFEM (Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial)

Franco-Colombian cooperation - strengthening capacities for the use of climate change mitigation mechanisms

A new project under contract with CORMAGDALENA to develop potential for implementing the CDM and REDD+ mechanisms in the Rio Grande de la Magdalena Basin

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Colombia – REDD+ and CDM

Publication of the FGEF's 2010 Annual Report

In 2010, 21 M€ were committed by the FGEF to 17 projects or programmes for sustainable development. 63% of its grants were targeted to Africa and the Mediterranean. Since 1994, the FGEF has committed almost 229 million € in grants to 207 national or regional programmes and projects, with each euro from the FGEF generating 9 euros in external co-financing.

2010 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report

Call for projects for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean

With FGEF co-financing, the MedPAN network of managers of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean has issued on 1st July a call for small-scale projects for 2011-2012. Candidate projects should aim to support managers in setting up practical activities in the field and exchanges of know-how.

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MedPAN call for projects

The Quirimbas National Park in Mozambique is a pilot site for ecosystem management to address the challenges of climate change.

The project’s goal is to preserve the integrity of natural resources for the benefit of local people in the Park area.

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Natural resources & adaptation

Publication - Capitalisation report on biodiversity conservation experiences in the Congo Basin co-financed by the FGEF

22/12/2011

This new publication (only in French) is a summary of the external retrospective assessment conducted in 2010 of “Biodiversity” projects co-financed by the FGEF in the Congo Basin . The brochure describes ...
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The FGEF and French commitments to REDD+

01/12/2011

This brochure describes the FGEF’s commitments to REDD+, the new mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and land degradation in developing countries, through examples of different projects. Thanks to the experience it has gained with ...
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FGEF action to preserve biodiversity in the Congo Basin

06/10/2011

This brochure presents several experiences of biodiversity conservation in the Congo Basin, which were co-financed by the FGEF. With grants awarded to 13 projects and 25 small-scale initiatives by the end of 2010, the FGEF is among the foremost biodiversity ...
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The FGEF

The FGEF has been working to promote protection of the global environment in developing countries since it was established by the French government in 1994.
Overall strategy

Our activities are in line with the strategic priorities of French development assistance policy.
Interministerial governance

Each project or programm co-financed by the FGEF is submitted under the responsability of one of the five institutions represented on its steering committee.

ACTIVITIES

The FGEF is mandated to cofinance development projects with high environmental component in the areas of biodiversity, the greenhouse effect, international waters, land degradation and desertification, persistent organic pollutants and the stratospheric ozone layer.
Biodiversity protection and preservation
Climate change action