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Ocean Plankton Project conference: towards new governance for the oceans
On 23 June 2022, ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the Tara Ocean Foundation invited scientists and key players in ocean gov...
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Restoration of the Cuajiniquil Mangrove: A Testimonial from the Phoenix Expedition
Phoenix Expedition is a sailing expedition with the ambition to contribute to the “regeneration of the ocean.” Departing from Brittany in February 2022 towards California, the team meets, documents...
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European Tropical Ecology Conference
The European Conference on Tropical Ecology was held in Montpellier on June 7 and 8, 2022. Lisa Macera presented a poster on her remote sensing work, including the results on Cuajiniquil in Costa Rica...
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Patrice Burger : “Agroecology must be on the agenda if it’s to become a tool recommended by the COP”
The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification starts this Monday 9 May in Abidjan, one week after publication of the latest UNCCD report. According...
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Le Monde features the success of the first sustainable cocoa initiative In Côte d’Ivoire
Le Monde has published a piece on an organic fair trade cocoa initiative in Côte d’Ivoire, showcasing the Société coopérative équitable du Bandama (SCEB) with its plans to extend organic production me...
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Meet the FFEM at the World Forestry Congress
The XV World Forestry Congress opens on 2 May in Seoul, bringing together the leading players in the forestry sector to assess the current state of forests and their future. With the theme of “Buildin...
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The Mangroves Initiative at the PRCM Forum
The 10th edition of the Coastal and Marine Forum will be held from March 29 to April 1, 2022, in Saly, Senegal, under the theme: “Ocean health, a sustainable development challenge for West African coa...
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Cameroon: commissioning the hydroelectric plant in Mbakaou
On 14 April, the first private hydroelectric power plant under 5 MW was commissioned in the village of Mbakaou. In the presence of the Cameroonian Energy Minister and the European Union Ambassador, th...
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Afrik21: An article on the FFEM’s latest collaboration with the PRCM
The green economy and sustainable development media outlet, Afrik21, looked at one of the projects recently financed by the FFEM. On 29 March, the FFEM and the Regional Partnership for the Conservatio...
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The FoFauPopU project : a biological study reveals the impact of pollution on chimpanzees
On this World Health Day, come back to the "One Health" approach with a new study by the National Museum of Natural History. As part of the FoFauPopU project supported by the FFEM, this study evaluate...
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The WEEECAM project handling electrical and electronic equipment waste featured in Le Monde
Le Monde has just published an article on the “ecological time bomb” that waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) represents in Cameroon. The article described the WEEECAM project - supp...
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PRCM Forum: signature of the Resilao project for the protection of the West African coastal regions
On 28 March 2022, in a side event at the 10th edition of the Regional Coast and Marine Forum, the FFEM signed a financing agreement with the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal an...
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The FFEM is at the PRCM Forum in Senegal
The 10th edition of the Regional Coastal and Marine Forum (PRCM) opens today at Saly, in Senegal, bringing together the sector’s key players and decision-makers. This edition is dedicated to "The heal...
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World Water Forum: the WaSAf project publishes its guide to freshwater ecosystems
The 9th World Water Forum has just opened in Dakar, in Senegal. The international water and water treatment community will be gathered there until 26 March. It’s an opportunity for the French Facility...
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Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury and Jean-Louis Doucet: “The Central African forests aren’t all the same”
Today, forestry management faces multiple challenges in terms of adapting to climate change, biodiversity preservation and sustainable forestry exploitation. If the development plan is the primary ans...
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Mild solutions in the Saint Louis MPA
A summary of the implementation of soft coastal protection solutions and monitoring results in the Saint-Louis MPA: March 2019-December 2020 has just been produced. It reports on the work carried out...
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The FFEM at the One Ocean Summit 9 - 11 February
The FFEM will be participating alongside its partners in a number of events at the Summit.
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“The Plast’ile project aims to have a global impact for ecosystems and populations alike”: interview with Sylv...
Supported by the SMILO NGO and signed-off by the FFEM during the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in September 2021, the goal of the Plast’ile project is to put in place sustainable management of pl...
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New documentary on the Cogito project
The WWF has just released a documentary titled “Blue Future” highlighting the strong potential for sustainable blue jobs in the Mediterranean. The documentary was produced as part of the Cogito projec...
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