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Soft solutions for coastal risks
This study aims to analyse how soft solutions, which provide alternative and/or complementary responses to conventional solutions in addressing coastal erosion, are integrated into the NDCs (Nationall...
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The FoFauPopU project featured on “La Terre au Carré”
Broadcaster France Inter dedicated an entire programme on La Terre au Carré to the topic of imported deforestation, interviewing 2 FFEM partners: Sabrina Krief, primatologist at France’s Natural Histo...
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A forum for conservation of the great apes
In November 2020, the Alliance for the Conservation of Great Apes in Central Africa (AGSAC) organised a forum around the topic of “Local initiatives to protect the great apes of the Cameroon forests a...
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Restoration of the Cuajiniquil and Terraba Sierpe Mangroves: Already Spectacular Results
These videos showcase the magnificent and impressive restoration work carried out in the Bahia Tomas mangrove (Cuajiniquil) and the Terraba Sierpe mangrove, together with the project teams and communi...
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Green and gray infrastructure in the Philippines
Implementation of Green and Grey Infrastructures In the Philippines, the project covers 4 sites in Iloilo province: Bagongon, Loong, Bacjawan Norte, and Tambaliza. At each site, several structures...
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Aristide Takoukam: “Beyond its technological innovation, the project has encouraged true environmental citizen...
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 mar...
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Interview on RFI: Costa Rica – Benin, a South-South mobilisation to save the mangroves
Janique Etienne, Head of marine and coastal ecosystems at the FFEM, was interviewed on “C’est pas du vent”, RFI’s environmental magazine, broadcast on 16 April.
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Costa Rica Benin Project: 2019 Activity Report
The fourth activity report of the Costa Rica Benin project presents the 2019 activities at the sites in Costa Rica (Cuajiniquil, Terraba Sierpe, and Puntarenas) and Benin (Ouidah). Significant progres...
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PUBLICATION OF AN ONERC REPORT: “NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION”
The publisher Documentation française is today publishing an information and recommendations report from the French National Observatory on the Effects of Climate Change (ONERC) for France's Prime Min...
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JANIQUE ETIENNE TALKS TO THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ABOUT NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATI...
Janique Etienne, FFEM head of Aquatic Ecosystem Resilience projects, took part in the French parliamentary think-tank session “Combating climate change and its effects” on 12 December 2019. During the...
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“The Blue Carbon of Our Countries Must Be Social and Inclusive Blue Carbon”
Bernardo A. Gonzáles and Paloma Cerdán speak in “Economía social y solidaria en los humedales costeros de Costa Rica frente al cambio climático.”
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Major Communication Campaign in Collaboration with JC Decaux
Costa Rica: Launch of a major communication campaign by Néotropica in collaboration with JC Decaux, which donated the spaces and the printing of the panels. The environmental education coordinator and...
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Restoration begins: 26 new canals dug
Based on analyses of the restoration sites and reference sites, the hydrological rehabilitation protocol was defined (excavation of 26 new channels and restoration of 19 pre-existing channels – quite...
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WORLD OCEAN DAY: THE FFEM LAUNCHES l'INITIATIVE MANGROVE
For the World Ocean Day, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) is launching l’Initiative Mangroves.
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Environmental diagnosis
In August 2018, the first field visit to the Cuajiniquil and Térraba Sierpe sites was carried out. During this visit, the reference sites and the areas to be restored were identified, and the necessar...
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Private Sector initiative in the area of adaptation to climate change: launch of the 5th FISP-Climat call for ...
FFEM is launching the 5th call for projects for its FISP-Climat program, to support the private sector in its innovations in the area of climate change, launched for the benefit of developing countrie...
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Support for Climate Innovations from the Private Sector in Developing Countries: Launch of the 4th Call for Pr...
The FFEM is launching the 4th call for projects under its FISP-Climat program to support the private sector in developing climate change-related innovations initiated for the benefit of developing cou...
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