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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...
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AFD Webinar: How to combat pollution of Lake Victoria?
Lake Victoria is the second largest source of freshwater in the world, however, it is being colonised by algae and micro-organisms. AFD East Africa is organizing a webinar on March 4 and 5 on algae po...
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The Dynafac collective launches its website, helping deliver sustainable management for the Congo basin forest...
The Dynafac collective, supported by the FFEM, now has its new website online. This new information platform will showcase Dynafac’s nurturing of technical and scientific skills to help the forests in...
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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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New videos about the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI)
For the last 15 years, the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) has been supporting African civil society organisations (CSO) acting to conserve nature. The programme has just released new videos b...
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World Ocean Day: a new FFEM brochure showcasing our work
On the occasion of World Ocean Day, the French Facility for Global Environment is publishing a new brochure showcasing its work in supporting aquatic ecosystems, one of its priority themes ever since...
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A new lateral electrification project in Madagascar
The FFEM has today signed a new financing agreement with the Franco-Malagasy company Nanoé, in order to improve access to electricity in the north of the country.
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Prince Albert II of Monaco calls on financers to join the MedFund
One of the challenges from the One Planet Summit was the creation of a “plan of action for an exemplary Mediterranean in 2030” put forward by France, Spain and Monaco. It’s within this context that Pr...
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“Our strategy is already bearing fruit, and testifies to our role as precursors”: interview with Stéphanie Bou...
At the mid-point of the 2019-2022 strategic cycle, FFEM Secretary-General describes the positive results of a successful first half of the period. She discusses the FFEM approach and precursor role, c...
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“Underpinning action and efficiency to put impetus behind current and future projects”: interview with Clément...
In creating a role dedicated to capitalisation in September 2020, the FFEM identified this as a stronger strategic direction for the coming years. Clémentine Dardy, who holds the position, takes us th...
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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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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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The Shark Fin Bay project in Le petit journal: the Sulubaaï Foundation working to restore coral reefs
In an interview in the online Le petit journal, Frédéric Tardieu, founder of the Sulubaaï Foundation which is running the Shark Fin Bay initiative explains how the project, which is supported by the F...
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Signature of the COMBO+ project to halt net loss of biodiversity in six African and Asian countries
As from 2021, the NGO WCS will be financed and supported by FFEM and AFD during the COMBO+ project. Following on from the COMBO project, which FFEM supported from 2015 to 2019, and its remarkable impa...
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FFEM has published new information brochures on its themed action areas
In january 2023, the FFEM published its new strategy 2023-2026 and defined its new priority themes for the environment and development. FFEM has since published five brochures showcasing its various a...
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Guinea inaugurates PEHGUI, the country’s first solar mini-network
On 17 June 2021 the PEHGUI project (Petite Électricité Hybride - Small Hybrid Electricity) supported by the FFEM since 2015, was inaugurated in the presence of the Guinea authorities and international...
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The FFEM supports measures to combat plastic pollution in the Indian Ocean
On 9 July 2021, the FFEM signed a financing agreement for the ExPLOI (Indian Ocean Plastic Expedition) project to assist efforts to reduce and recycle plastic waste in the ocean, through the circular...
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