Thematic

  • -Tout-
  • Energy transition and resilient cities
  • Sustainable forests and agricultural lands
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Product life cycle, pollution and waste
  • AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
  • Aquatic ecosystems
  • Innovative financing of biodiversity
  • FOREST AND AGRICULTURAL LAND
  • Coastal and high seas management
  • POLLUTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Innovative processes
  • Protection et valorisation de la biodiversité
  • Sustainable urban territories
Conversation

Soft solutions to combat coastal erosion in Senegal

© Céline Damery, Conservatoire du littoral 2019
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.
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Covid-19 crisis – Strengthening population's resilience by supporting conservancies in Northern Kenya

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In the context of the Covid-19 crisis the FFEM is trying to deliver a concrete response to the country's most vulnerable populations, and to the economic sectors most affected by the crisis in Kenya, an ecological connectivity project in Northern Kenya being an example. The FFEM and AFD are supporting the activities of the NGO Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) to preserve biodiversity and meet the health, economic, food and security issues that affect over 70,000 people in 7 conservancies covering more than 2.5M ha.
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Aristide Takoukam: “Beyond its technological innovation, the project has encouraged true environmental citizenship”

© Paul Estève
Aristide Takoukam is president and founder of the NGO AMMCO (African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization) in Cameroon. He explains how AMMCO has launched apps to monitor and protect endangered marine species in Cameroon. The project is part of the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) implemented on the ground by the IUCN’s French Committee and funded by the FFEM.
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PUBLICATION OF THE OFB “NATURAL AREAS” JOURNAL: THE FFEM CALLS FOR SOLUTION-SHARING

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The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) has just published the latest issue of its “Espaces Naturels” (“Natural Areas”) journal. In the editorial, FFEM Secretary-General Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann invites all biodiversity players to share their solutions. In the face of converging, cross-border challenges, setting up a network of players and sharing knowledge are both key to combating biodiversity erosion effectively.
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