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New call for project proposals: Sustainable refrigeration and air-conditioning
The FFEM is launching a new call for project proposals aimed at supporting innovations in “Sustainable refrigeration and air-conditioning” in developing countries.
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A LOOK BACK AT THE FFEM’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
On 5 March 2020, the FFEM celebrated its 25th anniversary in the presence of Secretary-General Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann together with FFEM partners, former colleagues and friends.
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The FFEM Steering Committee welcomes Christophe Bories as its new President
Christophe Bories takes over from Cyril Rousseau at the helm of the FFEM’s Steering Committee. He replaces Mr Rousseau as Deputy Director of Multilateral Financial Affairs and Development at the Frenc...
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A new study into how invasive rodents are spreading in Senegal
New results have just emerged from the CERISE project.
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Information bulletin from the Equity programme for male-female equality in west Africa
The Equity programme has just published its latest information bulletin. Supported by the FFEM and the French Development Agency, its objective is to link economic development, ecology and gender equa...
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News from AMMCO: protecting large aquatic mammals in Cameroon
The African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO) has just published its July news bulletin
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Encouraging agroecology in arid regions: the Avaclim website is live!
Run by the French NGO CARI (Centre for International Action and Realisations) and its partners (eight local NGOs, the Research Institute for Development, SupAgro (French agronomic graduate school) and...
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Biodiversity and guaranteeing food security: SWM Programme website launch Project
The Sustainable Wildlife Management programme, (SWM), jointly managed by the FAO, CIRAD, CIFOR and the WCS, has just launched its website to report on the project’s progress and upcoming developments....
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THE OCEANS REGULATE OUR CLIMATE AND NURTURE OUR BIODIVERSITY
Marine and coastal ecosystems play a vital role in regulating the climate and mitigating the impacts of climate disruption. Storing carbon, disseminating heat, combating erosion, reducing the impact o...
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Coastal risks: FFEM on Senegalese TV channel TFM
The TFM news programme focuses on the problem of coastal erosion in Senegal and mentions an FFEM soft solutions project
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Claude Garcia: “How to use a game to fight deforestation”
This summer has seen forest fires proliferate across California and Siberia. In the Amazon basin, where conditions are aggravated by climate change, clearance for agriculture is the primary cause. Som...
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WEEECAM project featured on Telesud TV
The project for sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Cameroon (WEEECAM) was featured in a report on Telesud, the French language pan-African television network
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Shark Fin Bay project featured in Ouest-France news
Reporting on the FFEM financing agreement for the project to restore coral reefs in Shark Fin Bay in the Philippines, Ouest France highlights awareness-raising among the local communities
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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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Sébastien Treyer: “The crisis is pushing us to search for an ever-wider transformational impact.”
Sébastien Treyer, President of the FFEM’s Scientific & Technical Committee and also Director General of the French Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (Iddri), considers...
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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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“The planet needs horizontal instruments like the FFEM”: interview with Monique Barbut
Now President of WWF France, Monique Barbut was already playing a key role during the Earth Summit negotiations in Rio back in 1992. The very first Secretary-General of the FFEM at its foundation, sh...
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“Being able to share experiences makes us more able to innovate” - Zdenka Piskulich
Over the last twenty years, the RedLAC network of Latino-Caribbean conservation trust funds has served as a launchpad for innovative thinking about financing mechanisms. In bringing trust funds tog...
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“It’s essential to be able to demonstrate the effectiveness of the solutions tested”: interview with WACA proj...
The WACA project tests soft nature-based solutions on pilot sites in four countries. At the first Steering Committee meeting held in Dakar on 12 March 2019, we interviewed three of the programme partn...
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The Dynafac collective publishes brochures presenting its projects, and technical guides for sustainable fores...
The Dynafac collective runs projects supported by FFEM to improve forestry management and development in the Central African forests. It publishes a brochure setting out its programmes, along with tec...
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