The report is the 3rd from the National Tropical Forests Working Group after those issued in 2003 and 2006. It reviews tropical forest issues arising among the French players concerned government administration, private sector, scientific circles, civil society groups in order to develop new

The mechanism called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD+) was entered into the Cancun Agreement, validated by the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December

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 change

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

This is the third in a series of assessment reports on the performance of conservation trust funds from 2006 to 2009. Conservation Trust Funds for (CTFs) are innovating mechanisms designed to ensure conservation and sustainable development over the long term. Of more than 50 CTFs established in

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 developing world

The earth’s biodiversity, meaning all genes, species and ecosystems on our planet, is gravely under threat. To help preserve it, the FFEM finances projects designed to give practical expression to the guiding principles of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

With the Small-Scale Initiatives (SSI) programme, the FFEM has created a financial tool dedicated to building capacities among the civil societies of French-speaking Africa to conduct practical projects addressing biodiversity conservation and climate change. From 205 to 2008, 55 French-speaking

Global Warming is the result of the greenhouse effect which in turn is due to an increase of GHG, especially carbon gas, in the atmosphere. In keeping with the guidelines of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the FFEM encourages projects that reduce the consumption of fossil

The year 2008 was marked by mounting international recognition of “green” responses to multiple and interdependent crises