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The 185 member countries gathered for the GEF Assembly adopt two key agreements to protect biodiversity worldw...
Representatives from 185 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada for the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) from 22 to 26 August 2023. Marking a globally significant event, the...
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The FFEM publishes its new activity report 2022-2023
The French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a new strategy and increased means of action for the period 2023-2026. With an ambition to finance projects amoun...
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Obtaining support from the FFEM for your “carbon finance” projects
Carbon finance is essentially a way of assigning a value to the climate impact of actions on the ground. Carbon finance mechanisms were introduced through the Kyoto Protocol. They allow developed coun...
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PPI-OSCAN - the North African Civil Society Organisations - Programme des Petites Initiatives- is 10 years old
On 16-18 May, a decade of commitment to biodiversity conservation in North Africa was celebrated in Agadir, Morocco. To mark this event, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has, through...
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The FFEM invites discussion on carbon finance for sustainable development: recap of the roundtable on January ...
On January 21 in Paris, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) organized a hybrid event to mark the publication of its capitalization work "In Focus carbon finance: a powerful tool for a su...
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World Wetlands Day: A Look Back at Biodiversity Protection in the Mediterranean Region
Every year, World Wetlands Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of these ecosystems (marshes, wet meadows, mangroves…), which are essential for maintaining natural balance and...
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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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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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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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Closing seminar of the South expert plants sustainable development programme
The SEP2D programme is reaching completion, and there will be a closing seminar 7-8 April. This is the time to assess the programme’s activity and outline the prospects for the conservation and enhanc...
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Spotlight on the “Sustainable cocoa industry” project in the Proparco review “Private Sector and Development“
The “Sustainable cocoa industry” agroforestry project supported by the FFEM and notably implemented by the Kaoka company is presented in the latest issue of the Proparco review “Private Sector and De...
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Ocean Plankton Project conference: towards new governance for the oceans
On 23 June 2022, ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the Tara Ocean Foundation invited scientists and key players in ocean gov...
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When field experience empowers access to electricity
The field experience of some NGOs and private enterprises involved in rural electrification via mini grids has proven very enlightening to funding partners. The French Development Agency (AFD), the Fr...
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The Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI): new call for project proposals
For its 6th phase, the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) is launching a call for project proposals open to new emerging organisations that have not previously benefited from the PPI. This FFEM p...
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Marc Daubrey: “The FFEM must retain its targeted approach and apply it to the African continent’s new challeng...
Marc Daubrey, the first member of the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) to represent the African continent, joined this consultative body in January 2022. The STC guides the FFEM’s strategic di...
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