FFEM (Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial)

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.

Natural resources & adaptation

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

07/05/2012
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Conservation Trust Fund Survey - Calendar Year 2010

01/03/2012

Does the trust funds that use the interest from capital investments in the financial markets to support conservation of biodiversity are inefficient and lose their capital in this period of repeated financial crises ? This report provides answers to ...
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The Ministry of Agriculture joins the FGEF Steering Committee

29/02/2012

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Affairs and Spatial Planning has joined the five other FGEF member institutions. The FGEF steering committee now includes the ministries for the economy, foreign affairs, sustainable development, research ...
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15/02/2012
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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
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Preserving the ozone layer - Montreal Protocol

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Small Scale Initiatives

SMALL-SCALE INITIATIVES PROGRAMME

Created in 2006, the FGEF's Small-Scale Initiatives Programme (SSI) aims to support civil society groups in African countries working on biodiversity and climate change by providing grants to low-budget projects.
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SSI Phase 1