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Toward a strengthened network of protected marine areas in West Africa
The West African coastline is subject to ever-growing and diverse pressures from human activities, mineral exploitation and coastal urbanisation. Its biodiversity is badly degraded, and the living con...
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Leverage the prickly pear to adapt to climate change
Aridity is a major challenge for farmers in Morocco. Confronted with this issue, the prickly pear offers great potential as it only needs a little water. Atlas Inclusive Partners has benefited from FF...
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Promote a new pedagogy to raise awareness about climate change in classrooms
Raising awareness among new generations about climate change starts at school. With the support of the FFEM, the Office for Climate Education (OCE) is pushing for primary and secondary education to ad...
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Agro-gazélec : Re-using agricultural and agro-industrial wastes in West Africa
In Benin and along the Côte d’Ivoire, waste from cashew nut growing is polluting the environment. Coordinated by the NGO Urja Nishati and supported by a subsidy from the FFEM, the Agro_gazélec project...
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Desalinate seawater using solar energy
Water supply is a major issue for small island communities. To address this, the solar-powered seawater desalination technology developed by the company Mascara enables the production of drinking wate...
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Innovative financing of biodiversity
Mobilizing additional and innovative resources for biodiversity conservation. FFEM’s action aims to support the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and to...
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Promote the development of a local photovoltaic industry for the industrial sector.
Fuel oil and gas are the traditional fuels powering industry: that is the case for the cement plant owned by Sococim Industries, the Senegalese subsidiary of the French group Vicat. To address its gro...
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A network of community solar lighting systems to facilitate access to electricity in Casamance
Despite Senegal’s significant solar potential, only 56.5% of the population had access to electricity in 2016. With financial support from the FFEM, the company Sunna Design installed community solar...
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Consolidating Fair Trade sectors in West Africa
Fair trade sectors are a very effective tool for protecting agricultural and forestry resources while improving the lives of populations. Following a successful initial pilot phase, the Équité II proj...
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Promoting and formalising artisanal wood logging to reduce forest degradation
In Central Africa unregulated artisanal wood logging is endangering state-led efforts to sustainably manage the forestry resources. To reduce the resulting impact on forest degradation, the FFEM is su...
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Ensure access to renewable electricity and essential services through a floating tidal stream turbine
600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity. To combat this energy insecurity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the FFEM is supporting a pilot project to install a tidal stream t...
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Integrating scientific output on coastal and marine areas into decision-making
Although scientific understanding around marine environments continues to grow, these findings are still often overlooked by decision-makers and civil society. That is why the FFEM is supporting the I...
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Sustainable Financing of Biodiversity Conservation via the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund
Promoting sustainable conservation financing in the region is vital in order to safeguard Caribbean biodiversity under threat from climate change. This is why the FFEM and AFD have agreed to help prov...
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Conserving and sustainably exploiting seamount ecosystems and hydrothermal vents in the high seas
Improving the management of high seas marine ecosystems is essential. To do so, we need to deepen our scientific knowledge and the way it is managed. To this end, the FFEM is supporting a conservation...
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Reducing underwater noise emitted by maritime transport and services in the Western Indian Ocean
Awareness of noise pollution generated by maritime transport and services and their potential ramifications on certain species will help protect the underwater ecosystem in the Western Indian Ocean. S...
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Developing hybrid governance to protect and manage special areas of the high seas
Because of their ecosystems and shifting positions, the Sargasso Sea and the Thermal Dome are both unique locations on the high seas. To contribute to protecting their biodiversity, this FFEM-supporte...
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Setting up workshops for locally manufacturing green products in Africa
The French company Lagazel manufactures quality solar products in Africa, particularly lamps, enabling large-scale development and distribution of “green” equipment. The project is supported by the FF...
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Integrating environmental risk into sovereign ratings
The financial company Beyond Ratings has developed a methodology integrating environmental risk into sovereign ratings. The objective is to help build a new economic model and channel investments towa...
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Promoting certified organic and fair-trade cocoa of excellence
With a view to improving the excellent cocoa value chain in the Amazon region, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, Kaoka and Conservation International are working to implement sustainable production to boost i...
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Innovate to reduce plastic pollution on the islands of Kerkennah in Tunisia
Plastic waste represents an increasingly significant and problematic pollution in the world. To support the pilot island site of Kerkennah in managing this issue, the FFEM supports the Plast'ile proje...
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