On 15 September this year, the FFEM signed a new financing agreement with the Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation for the more sustainable development of Shark Fin Bay.

Christophe Bories takes over from Cyril Rousseau at the helm of the FFEM’s Steering Committee. He replaces Mr Rousseau as Deputy Director of Multilateral Financial Affairs and Development at the French Treasury.

The FFEM has made the resilience of aquatic and coastal ecosystems one of its key priorities. To this end, it’s funding a project in Senegal, Togo and Benin to develop soft solutions to combat coastal erosion. The project is being run by the Dakar Ecological Monitoring Centre (CSE), with technical support from the IUCN. France’s Coastal Protection Agency is lending its expertise to the project, in particular to help implement soft solutions and rebuild dunes. In this joint interview, we take a closer look at the Saint-Louis Marine Protected Area (MPA) pilot site in Senegal.