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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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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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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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Tropical Forest & Rural Development (TF-RD), a 2021 Equator Prize winner
Tropical Forest & Rural Development, a long-term partner of the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) supported by the FFEM, is one of the 10 winners of the 2021 Equator Prize. Organised by the Unit...
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The FFEM’s 2020 – 2021 Activity Report
Midway through its 2019 - 2022 strategic cycle, the FFEM is publishing its latest Activity Report covering the full range of its actions in 2020 and 2021
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The FFEM playing an active role at the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Marseille, from 3 to 11 September...
The French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) will be working with its partners ahead of the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress, to be held 3 - 11 September 2021 in Marseille. Organised every four...
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Datawall of the 2020 - 2021 FFEM activity report
The FFEM invites you to discover its 2020 - 2021 activity report through a new digital medium, a datawall gathering all the testimonies present in the report and the major news published on our websit...
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Intersecting capitalisation of the Small-scale Initiatives Programmes (Programme Petites Initiatives - PPIs) A...
Since 2006, the Small-scale Initiatives Programmes (PPIs) have supported African civil society in conserving nature and improving local living conditions. Launched by the FFEM in 2006 and supervised b...
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The FFEM publishes a new capitalisation on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
This publication is the first component of a new FFEM series on capitalisation and looks back at 40 projects financed and supported by the FFEM in MPAs over the last 25 years, with a view to learning...
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Meet the FFEM at the World Forestry Congress
The XV World Forestry Congress opens on 2 May in Seoul, bringing together the leading players in the forestry sector to assess the current state of forests and their future. With the theme of “Buildin...
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Le Monde features the success of the first sustainable cocoa initiative In Côte d’Ivoire
Le Monde has published a piece on an organic fair trade cocoa initiative in Côte d’Ivoire, showcasing the Société coopérative équitable du Bandama (SCEB) with its plans to extend organic production me...
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Patrice Burger : “Agroecology must be on the agenda if it’s to become a tool recommended by the COP”
The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification starts this Monday 9 May in Abidjan, one week after publication of the latest UNCCD report. According...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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