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Annual Report 2012
A funding instrument of French bilateral cooperation and development Policy dedicated to environmental protection, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) has been involved since 1994 in six areas of the global environment: biodiversity, climate
change, international waters, land...
Published on 27 Jul 2017
From 29 May to 2 June 2023, Paris is hosting the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), which is aiming to develop an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. This meeting, referred to as INC-2, represents a crucial step in global efforts to tackle the problem. In line with its strategy focused on circular solutions and pollution control, the FFEM is playing a key role by actively supporting innovative projects promoting a sustainable circular model that includes practical steps to reduce plastic pollution at source. Here is a recap on three of these projects.
Published on 05 Jun 2023
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Annual Report 2014
The Annual Report 2014 emphasizes 20 years of the FFEM.
Since its creation in 1994 following the Rio Earth Summit, the FFEM has proved to be a pioneer in financing development projects that have a significant and lasting impact on major global environmental issues. It has been a forerunner in...
Published on 27 Jul 2017
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Annual Report 2010
In 2010, FFEM grant commitments amounted to 21.03 M€. A further 31.89 M€ was earmarked for projects identified but not yet launched.
The FFEM continued its mission to protect the global environment, focusing as a priority on Africa and the Mediterranean and on the biodiversity and climate...
Published on 27 Jul 2017
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Annual Report 2013
2013 was marked by the organisation of a key international event, the International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC3). For the FFEM, one of the main sponsors who have supported the development of protected marine areas overseas over the past ten years, IMPAC3 provided a real opportunity to...
Published on 27 Jul 2017
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Annual Report 2009
2009 was the 15th year of activity for the French Global Environment Facility.
Since its creation, it has been supporting innovative activities in favour of the global environment that can be replicated on a larger scale and are tied in with economic and social development in the...
Published on 27 Jul 2017
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Annual report 2016
The French Facility for Global Environment/Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial (FFEM) has been working for more than 20 years to combine environmental preservation and sustainable development in developing and emerging countries. This inter-ministerial financial instrument serves the...
Published on 28 Aug 2017
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Annual Report 2015
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Annual Report 2011
Strengthened by its fifth four-year replenishment cycle (2011-2014) with an amount of 95 million euros, the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) started 2011, declared by the United Nations as "International Year of Forests", with a double mission: to continue playing a unique role within the...
Published on 27 Jul 2017
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Annual Report 2008
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New documentary on the Cogito project
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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 answer for sustainable management of the forests, the countries of Central Africa face a major challenge: renewal of stocks of the species exploited. For Jean-Louis Doucet, Professor at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech and Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, researcher at Cirad, reinforcing the sustainability of exploitation as part of forestry development is essential. On World Forest Day, they tell us about their work as part of the DynAfFor and P3FAC projects, supported by the FFEM, and their resulting recommendations for better management of the Central African forests.
Published on 29 Mar 2022
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 Conservation of Coastal and Marine Areas (PRCM) cemented their commitment by signing the RESILAO project to protect coastal ecosystems in West Africa, pledging €2.6 million.
Published on 20 Apr 2022
Results from the “Biodiversity modelling and scenarios” programme, set up by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) and backed by the FFEM, were shared during a feedback session held on 15 January 2021. An opportunity to assess the impact of 5 projects aimed at highlighting biodiversity issues across different biotopes.
Published on 16 Feb 2021