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Innovating together: the strength of FFEM’s cooperation, builder of bridges between the South and the North
On this United Nations Day for South-South cooperation, spotlight on initiatives that, thanks to local know-how and the sharing of experiences between countries in the South, bring forth solutions ada...
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Harnessing Nature-based Solutions for a Sustainable Blue Economy: Reflections on the FFEM Exchange Day ahead of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference
The French Facility for the Global Environment (FFEM) had the pleasure to organize on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 with the Conservatoire du littoral, the Domaine de Rayol, the French Development Agency, IDD...
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30 years of the FFEM: throwback on a collective adventure looking towards tomorrow
On 10th April, the French Fund for the Global Environment (FFEM) celebrated three decades of pioneering initiatives in the service of life in Paris at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Surrounded...
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Women and Biodiversity: When Economic Inclusion Meets Forest Conservation in Cameroon
Since its creation, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) has been supporting projects that reconcile environmental protection with reducing inequalities, ensuring the inclusion of women in ec...
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FFEM Insights: Xavier Debade, expert in ecosystem restoration and sustainable forest management
To better understand the work of the FFEM, we invite you to meet Xavier Debade, who joined FFEM in July 2023 as a project manager focusing on forest conservation and ecosystem restoration. As the larg...
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Small-Scale Initiatives Program : 20 years of Local Actions supported by the FFEM to help preserve African bio...
From February 2 to 7, the Forum celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Small Initiatives Program (PPI) marked two decades of concrete actions and exemplary commitments to the preservation of African...
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World Day of Social Justice: a look back at the Union Natural project in Colombia's Pacific region
On the occasion of World Day of Social Justice, we would like to share one of the flagship projects supported by the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM). Since 2018, the FFEM has been supporting...
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World Wetlands Day: A Look Back at Biodiversity Protection in the Mediterranean Region
Every year, World Wetlands Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of these ecosystems (marshes, wet meadows, mangroves…), which are essential for maintaining natural balance and...
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The FFEM unveils its new capitalization initiative : "IN FOCUS - Carbon finance : a level for a sustainable fu...
On January 21 in Paris, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) organized a hybrid event to mark the publication of its capitalization work "In Focus carbon finance: a powerful tool for a su...
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ISSUES FOR COP16 IN CALI AND THEIR LINKS TO THE FFEM STRATEGY: CONVERGING TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
From 21 October to 1 November 2024, Colombia will be hosting the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), in the city of Cali. The parties...
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Mexico (Campeche): 21st International Congress on Environmental Sciences and Mangrove Restoration
The National Academy of Environmental Sciences (ANCA) and the Autonomous University of Campeche, through the Institute of Ecology and Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico, the Coastal Wetlands Laboratory,...
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PPI-OSCAN - the North African Civil Society Organisations - Programme des Petites Initiatives- is 10 years old
On 16-18 May, a decade of commitment to biodiversity conservation in North Africa was celebrated in Agadir, Morocco. To mark this event, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has, through...
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Methodological Guide for Mangrove Restoration – FFEM – 2024
The FFEM has supported multiple projects dedicated to the protection, management, and restoration of mangroves, as part of its strategy on the Resilience of Aquatic Ecosystems. To improve their effect...
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Obtaining support from the FFEM for your “carbon finance” projects
Carbon finance is essentially a way of assigning a value to the climate impact of actions on the ground. Carbon finance mechanisms were introduced through the Kyoto Protocol. They allow developed coun...
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France hosts the 1st "Buildings and Climate" Global Forum to build a low-carbon future
The first Buildings and Climate Global Forum, co-organised by France and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is running from Thursday 7 to Friday 8 March. This event will welcome global p...
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The FFEM publishes its new activity report 2022-2023
The French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a new strategy and increased means of action for the period 2023-2026. With an ambition to finance projects amoun...
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2023 FAO Report on Mangroves
The latest FAO report on mangroves has been released. This report provides global and regional estimates of the area covered by mangrove forests, including changes in area between 2000 and 2020. It an...
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The FFEM presents its latest capitalisations: overviews of nature in a Latin American city, and the forests of...
At a round table organised on 13 June in Paris, the FFEM revealed its latest capitalisations highlighting two key themes: nature in a Latin American city and the sustainable management of Central Afri...
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Spotlight on the promising initial results from the “PRM2” project, uniting a concerted regional approach with...
17 March saw the holding of the second Steering Committee meeting for the project “Preserve the biodiversity of Mabi-Yaya & Strengthen the socio-economic development of the Mé” (PRM2) aiming to promot...
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Events on mangroves
The next International Mangrove Conference (MMM6) will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from July 24 to 28, 2023. The International Workshop of the Tropical Restoration Network (TRN) will take place...
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