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One Planet Summit: the FoFauPopU project revisited

The fourth edition of the One Planet Summit has as its subject the preservation of biodiversity. The FoFauPopU project, financed by the FFEM, particularly echoes one of the sub-themes, the protection...

Strengthening pastoral units in Senegal

As part of a project supported by the FFEM, Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) is publishing two manuals on best management practice for natural resources in the silvopastoral area of th...

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The FoFauPopU project featured on “La Terre au Carré”

Broadcaster France Inter dedicated an entire programme on La Terre au Carré to the topic of imported deforestation, interviewing 2 FFEM partners: Sabrina Krief, primatologist at France’s Natural Histo...

FFEM support for MedFund cited in Afrik21

The Afrki21 news site, dedicated to environmental news in Africa, has published an article on the support provided by FFEM and AFD to MedFund.

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Feedback from the “Biodiversity modelling and scenarios” programme

Results from the “Biodiversity modelling and scenarios” programme, set up by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) and backed by the FFEM, were shared during a feedback session held on...

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...

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...

Event to present the FFEM’s new 2023-2026 strategy

On 27 June 2022, the FFEM - alongside the National Council for Development and International Solidarity (CNDSI) - presented the issues and prospects documented in its new 2023-2026 strategy. The ses...

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...

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...

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...

The Small-scale Initiatives Programme on RFI

In this edition of "C’est pas du vent", Paul Estève, head of the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) at the French Committee of the IUCN, explains the programme’s action principles. Since 2006, th...

The restoration of coral reefs: Le Monde reports on the Shark Fin Bay project

Since 2020, the FFEM has supported the Sulubaaï Foundation in restoring the coral reefs in Shark Fin Bay, alongside the local people and villages, on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Palawan...

IN NIGER, SATELLITES ARE HELPING TO FIGHT DEFORESTATION

The Sahel Wood Energy project, supported by the Agence française de Développement (AFD) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) is committed to preserving the Sahel’s forests through bet...

Loubassa’a tidal stream generator was commissioned a year ago, harnessing the energy of the Congo River for so...

The Essential Services Unit (ESU) for Loubassa village, located on M’bamou island in the Republic of the Congo, was brought on stream on 15 October 2021. The ESU's special technical feature is that i...

COP 15: "Protecting the Living World for a Peace Pact with Nature"

After COP27 on Climate, COP15 on Biodiversity begins in Montreal from December 7 to December 19, 2022, with the goal of establishing a global action plan for biodiversity — an issue closely linked to...