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Anniversary of the Paris Agreement: focus on the ACT-DDP project

The ACT-DDP project, backed by the FFEM, guides companies as they develop strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and coordinates dialogue between the private sector and national decision-maker...

French Foundation for Biodiversity Research Young Researcher Prize - winners announced

On Thursday 10 October 2020, the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) unveiled the winners of its Young Researcher Prize. The FFEM selected Kanto Razanamalala of the French National Resea...

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...

The Moringa annual report is now online

The Paysage Forestier Nord Congo project is now underway

This project, launched on 17 December 2020, uses the Landscape Approach to preserve biodiversity and sustainably manage natural resources, further advancing the region’s socio-economic development.

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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...

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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...

Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann interviewed by the GEF: “Delivering paths to a sustainable recovery”

Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann is Secretary General of the FFEM and serves as France’s Alternate Council Member at the Global Environment Facility. In an interview on the GEF website, she reflects on the...

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...

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...

Evaluation overview of the project "Guatemala City Green Belt"

The 44 municipalities which comprise the city’s wider metropolitan area are home to 25% of the country’s population and also constitute Central America’s most populous conurbation. The extensive urban...

Evaluation overview of the project "Public-private partnership to sustainably manage the Central African Fores...

The countries involved in the P3FAC Project (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, CAR, DRC) are shaded by around 160 million hectares of dense rainforests, home to 10% of known global terrestrial biodiversity. Yet...

Evaluation overview Typha Combustible Construction Afrique de l’Ouest project (TyCCAO)

Typha australis is a fast-growing reed which has been proliferating in the Senegal basin at increased rate following construction of the Diama anti-salt dam in 1988. This proliferation raises serious...

Evaluation summary of the integrated production system for sustainable cashmere project (SPI-CD)

Cashmere, an exceptionally fine animal fiber, is produced mainly in China and Mongolia, with around 40% of the world's cashmere coming from nomadic herds in Mongolia. The aim of the SPI-CD project...

Evaluation overview of the project "La Montañona"

La Montañona, located in Chalatenango, El Salvador, is a key forest massif that plays a vital role in securing water supply for the sub-region. Managed by the Mancomunidad, a consortium of seven munic...

Evaluation overview of WACA Project

The main objective of the project was the monitoring and management of coastal risks in West Africa and the promotion of “soft solutions” for preventing and protecting against these risks, through the...