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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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Strengthening pastoral units in Senegal
As part of a project supported by the FFEM, Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) is publishing two manuals on best management practice for natural resources in the silvopastoral area of th...
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One Planet Summit: the FoFauPopU project revisited
The fourth edition of the One Planet Summit has as its subject the preservation of biodiversity. The FoFauPopU project, financed by the FFEM, particularly echoes one of the sub-themes, the protection...
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Prince Albert II of Monaco calls on financers to join the MedFund
One of the challenges from the One Planet Summit was the creation of a “plan of action for an exemplary Mediterranean in 2030” put forward by France, Spain and Monaco. It’s within this context that Pr...
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The Paysage Forestier Nord Congo project is now underway
This project, launched on 17 December 2020, uses the Landscape Approach to preserve biodiversity and sustainably manage natural resources, further advancing the region’s socio-economic development.
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Anniversary of the Paris Agreement: focus on the ACT-DDP project
The ACT-DDP project, backed by the FFEM, guides companies as they develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and coordinates dialogue between the private sector and national decision-maker...
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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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The Deng Deng project cited in the Cameroon daily l’Economie
The daily l’Economie featured the signing ceremony for the great apes conservation project in the Deng Deng National Park, supported by the FFEM.
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Sébastien Treyer: “The crisis is pushing us to search for an ever-wider transformational impact.”
Sébastien Treyer, President of the FFEM’s Scientific & Technical Committee and also Director General of the French Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (Iddri), considers...
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An innovative National Park model for the conservation of great apes in Cameroon
On 30 October 2020, the AFD signed a financing agreement on behalf of the French Facility for Global Environment with the Electricity Development Corporation, the public agency in charge of managing r...
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Mauritania, caught between economic development and biodiversity conservation: we look at two of Mauritania’s ...
Two studies have just been published, looking at the Diawling park and the Banc d’Arguin National Park. These two Mauritanian national parks receive finance from the FFEM to protect their biodiversity
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French Foundation for Biodiversity Research Young Researcher Prize - winners announced
On Thursday 10 October 2020, the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) unveiled the winners of its Young Researcher Prize. The FFEM selected Kanto Razanamalala of the French National Resea...
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The FFEM takes part in the first virtual collaborative RedLAC-CAFÉ congress
The FFEM was delighted to take part in the very first virtual congress of the RedLAC and Café Environmental Funds, held on 6 - 8 October 2020.
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Claude Garcia: “How to use a game to fight deforestation”
This summer has seen forest fires proliferate across California and Siberia. In the Amazon basin, where conditions are aggravated by climate change, clearance for agriculture is the primary cause. Som...
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WEEECAM project featured on Telesud TV
The project for sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Cameroon (WEEECAM) was featured in a report on Telesud, the French language pan-African television network
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Shark Fin Bay project featured in Ouest-France news
Reporting on the FFEM financing agreement for the project to restore coral reefs in Shark Fin Bay in the Philippines, Ouest France highlights awareness-raising among the local communities
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A new project for restoring biodiversity in Shark Fin Bay (Philippines)
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.
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Coastal risks: FFEM on Senegalese TV channel TFM
The TFM news programme focuses on the problem of coastal erosion in Senegal and mentions an FFEM soft solutions project
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