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Methodological Guide for Mangrove Restoration – FFEM – 2024
The FFEM has supported multiple projects dedicated to the protection, management, and restoration of mangroves, as part of its strategy on the Resilience of Aquatic Ecosystems. To improve their effect...
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2023 FAO Report on Mangroves
The latest FAO report on mangroves has been released. This report provides global and regional estimates of the area covered by mangrove forests, including changes in area between 2000 and 2020. It an...
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Events on mangroves
The next International Mangrove Conference (MMM6) will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from July 24 to 28, 2023. The International Workshop of the Tropical Restoration Network (TRN) will take place...
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Discovering the Mangroves of West Africa: Environmental Education Manual
This Environmental Education Manual was produced as part of the “Rice and Mangrove” project implemented by the Guinea-Bissau Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP). It presents mangrove...
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IUCN 2020 Congress: Mangroves Thematic Session
As part of the World Conservation Congress, the IUCN, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), and the Research Institute for Development (IRD) are organizing a mangroves thematic session: “...
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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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“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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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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Restoring nature and promoting sustainable agriculture with the communities of Costa Rica
The project aims to implement a pilot model for the development of sustainable agro-landscapes through participatory management in the lower basin of the Tempisque River and the inner part of the Gulf...
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Protecting the Amazon forests and strengthening communities in Colombia and Peru
The project aims to conserve 77,318 hectares of forest in the Colombo-Peruvian Amazon through knowledge and conservation of biodiversity and improvement of the quality of life and well-being of famili...
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Entry into force of the BBNJ Treaty: A decisive step for biodiversity in the high seas, long supported by the ...
The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty, a new international agreement, entered into force on January 17, 2026, after reaching the threshold of 60 ratifications required on Septemb...
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Evaluation summary PPI OSCAN
The Mediterranean, the world's second largest biodiversity hotspot, is home to unique ecosystems but is severely affected by climate change and human pressures. In this context of environmental fragil...
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Evaluation summary - HotSpots 2
This project was implemented by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) from September 2018 as a continuation of Hotspot 1 project. In December 2024, the French consulting firm Oréade-Brèche was awar...
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World Wetlands Day: Essential ecosystems to preserve: Traditional knowledge, international commitments, and FFEM actions
Every year on February 2, World Wetlands Day is celebrated to raise public awareness of the major issues related to these essential ecosystems. The theme for 2026 is “Wetlands and Traditional Knowledg...
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