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A blue innovation boosting the resilience of coastal communities and marine ecosystems
As an area of global importance for marine conservation, the Big Islands region – whose communities depend on fishing – has a duty to preserve its fishing resources for both environmental and human re...
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A sustainable, resilient and equitable development in the Nouakchott region
Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, is subject to climate and demographic pressures. Alongside this, access to public transport and lighting is limited. The ARENDDRE project, supported by the FFEM,...
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Towards collaborative sustainable management of agropastoral resources
The FFEM is supporting Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans frontières (AVSF) in delivering the Dundi Ferlo project. Project goals: to restore degraded land in the regions of Louga and Matam, and to support...
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Co-create and raise awareness to improve agricultural system resilience
In Egypt and Lebanon, water stress, desertification and over-exploitation of the water table are damaging agriculture. The FFEM is supporting the SupMed project in order to reduce this over-exploitati...
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Boosting socio-ecological resilience and developing a blue economy
Heavily impacted by climate change, the Western Indian Ocean is home to critical ecosystems on which several million people depend. The WIOCOR project, supported by the FFEM, contributes to effective,...
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A concept for sustainable blue tourism
The tourism industry, and mass tourism in particular, is causing considerable environmental damage. The FFEM is supporting a project seeking to help develop sustainable post Covid tourism in the Medit...
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One Limpopo One Health: addressing the challenges of human, animal and ecosystem health together
Climate change and anthropic-derived pressures are exacerbating the competition between livestock and wildlife for use of Mozambique’s natural resources. The One Limpopo One Health (OLOH) project, sup...
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“Educating to conserve”: improving nature conservation through education.
How can the management of protected areas in Africa be improved? With support from the FFEM, the “Educating to conserve” project strengthens the capabilities of professionals in protected areas while...
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Sustainable development for small islands
The FFEM is supporting the Small Islands Organisation (SMILO) in its scaling-up of actions to embed long-term development of small islands and extend the “sustainable island” accreditation to new isla...
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Integrating biodiversity into regional planning in Southern Africa
The FFEM is supporting the SBAPP Project “Building biodiversity knowledge for action in Southern Africa” across South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi and Namibia, which promotes an integrated approach brin...
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Carbon credits to finance sustainable housing
Through the ACACIAS project, the FFEM is supporting the implementation of a carbon credit mechanism for developing sustainable construction in Benin and Ghana.
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Sustainable refrigerators accessible to all
In Benin, the company Qotto plans to distribute solar-powered refrigerators to thousands of homes in rural areas.
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Supporting the ecological and energy transition in the Malagasy highlands (TOTEM)
Based on a unifying operational entry point (hydroelectric generation and distribution), the TOTEM project (Terri-tOires en Transition Ecologique in Madagascar) led by the FFEM is the continuity of t...
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Protect waterbirds in the large wetlands of the Sahel
Essential to the Sahel’s economy and agriculture, large wetlands are threatened by climate change and human activities. The RESSOURCE+ project is helping to preserve their natural resources and in par...
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Protecting the small sentinel islands of the Mediterranean and Macaronesia
The CAIPIM project (Savoir, Agir, Innovate and Protect the Small Islands of the Mediterranean and Macaronesia) is led by the association Initiative for the Small Islands of the Mediterranean (PIM) and...
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Strengthening Community Resilience to Environmental Vulnerabilities in the Sine Saloum Delta
The project, led by the NEBEDAY association, aims to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of communities in the Sine Saloum Delta in the face of ecological, economic, and climate-related vul...
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Contributing to the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems in Madagascar (GECP BATAN)
Rich in marine and terrestrial biodiversity, the BATAN area in Madagascar is under significant anthropogenic pressure on ecosystems, which negatively impacts fisheries and local communities. The GECP...
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Advancing Knowledge of the Marine Microbiome (Plankt’ECO)
The marine microbiome contributes to life on Earth, but our understanding of it remains limited. Led by the Tara Ocean Foundation, the Plankt’ECO project supports research on this topic and enhances e...
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PUBLICATION OF AN ONERC REPORT: “NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION”
The publisher Documentation française is today publishing an information and recommendations report from the French National Observatory on the Effects of Climate Change (ONERC) for France's Prime Min...
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Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann: “the ffem has been producing innovative ideas for the environment for 25 years”
The French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) was launched after the first Earth Summit, in 1994. Since then, it has worked towards a single goal: to create synergies between environmental preserv...
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