AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
One of the first projects supported by FFEM at its inception sought to improve water resource management in the Jordan River Basin. That was back in 1994. Since then, FFEM has worked ceaselessly to increase and structure its action to improve the resilience of aquatic ecosystems, from continental waters to the high seas.
OUR ACTION TODAY
The FFEM’s work is guided by this future agreement as well as France’s commitments, particularly in the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the conventions and strategies of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Regional Seas Conventions (RSC). In this context, the FFEM supports projects to manage and restore aquatic ecosystems, particularly via NbS and by bolstering the resilience of local populations.
OUR ACTION TODAY
The FFEM’s work is guided by this future agreement as well as France’s commitments, particularly in the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the conventions and strategies of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Regional Seas Conventions (RSC). In this context, the FFEM supports projects to manage and restore aquatic ecosystems, particularly via NbS and by bolstering the resilience of local populations.
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MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION, RESILIENCE
- Ocean governance
- The socio-environmental resilience of coastal areas
- Freshwater ecosystem preservation
Ocean governance
The socio-environmental resilience of coastal areas
Freshwater ecosystem preservation
89
aquatic ecosystem projects financed since 1995
€116 M
committed to aquatic ecosystems over the past 25 years
A multidisciplinary approach
Unsustainable human activities threaten aquatic ecosystems both directly (e.g., unsustainable fishing) and indirectly (e.g., plastic or chemical pollution spread via runoff, waterways, wind or rain). To protect aquatic ecosystems, their biodiversity, and their essential role in climate regulation, restoration and conservation efforts must go hand-in-hand with changes in human behaviour. The FFEM therefore supports aquatic ecosystem projects that address the convergence between biodiversity, climate, and pollution.
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Aquatic ecosystems resilience
High seas, coastlines, wetlands, and freshwater hydrosystems: their role is crucial for climate regu
...Oct 2023
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Aquatic Ecosystems at FFEM
Since its creation in 1994, international waters and aquatic ecosystems have remained two of the FFE
...Jun 2021