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The FoFauPopU project : a biological study reveals the impact of pollution on chimpanzees
On this World Health Day, come back to the "One Health" approach with a new study by the National Museum of Natural History. As part of the FoFauPopU project supported by the FFEM, this study evaluate...
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Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury and Jean-Louis Doucet: “The Central African forests aren’t all the same”
Today, forestry management faces multiple challenges in terms of adapting to climate change, biodiversity preservation and sustainable forestry exploitation. If the development plan is the primary ans...
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The FFEM is at the PRCM Forum in Senegal
The 10th edition of the Regional Coastal and Marine Forum (PRCM) opens today at Saly, in Senegal, bringing together the sector’s key players and decision-makers. This edition is dedicated to "The heal...
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PRCM Forum: signature of the Resilao project for the protection of the West African coastal regions
On 28 March 2022, in a side event at the 10th edition of the Regional Coast and Marine Forum, the FFEM signed a financing agreement with the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of the Coastal an...
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The WEEECAM project handling electrical and electronic equipment waste featured in Le Monde
Le Monde has just published an article on the “ecological time bomb” that waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) represents in Cameroon. The article described the WEEECAM project - supp...
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Afrik21: An article on the FFEM’s latest collaboration with the PRCM
The green economy and sustainable development media outlet, Afrik21, looked at one of the projects recently financed by the FFEM. On 29 March, the FFEM and the Regional Partnership for the Conservatio...
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Cameroon: commissioning the hydroelectric plant in Mbakaou
On 14 April, the first private hydroelectric power plant under 5 MW was commissioned in the village of Mbakaou. In the presence of the Cameroonian Energy Minister and the European Union Ambassador, th...
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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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The FFEM and its partners are committed to preserving indigenous territories in the Amazon region
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, celebrated annually on 9 August, provides an important opportunity to highlight the challenges facing these communities all over the world. Wit...
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The 185 member countries gathered for the GEF Assembly adopt two key agreements to protect biodiversity worldw...
Representatives from 185 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada for the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) from 22 to 26 August 2023. Marking a globally significant event, the...
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The FFEM publishes its new activity report 2022-2023
The French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a new strategy and increased means of action for the period 2023-2026. With an ambition to finance projects amoun...
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COP 28 kicks off in Dubai: “Bringing the world together”
Thursday 30th November marked the start of the 28th UN Conference of the Parties on climate change in Dubai - an opportunity to review FFEM-supported projects and its integrated strategy for tackling...
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« One Health » approach : Launch of a new call for project proposals
In the framework of its new 2023-2026 strategy, the FFEM is launching a call for project proposals on combating sources of pollution impacting simultaneously the health of ecosystems, wildlife, and lo...
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France hosts the 1st "Buildings and Climate" Global Forum to build a low-carbon future
The first Buildings and Climate Global Forum, co-organised by France and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is running from Thursday 7 to Friday 8 March. This event will welcome global p...
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Obtaining support from the FFEM for your “carbon finance” projects
Carbon finance is essentially a way of assigning a value to the climate impact of actions on the ground. Carbon finance mechanisms were introduced through the Kyoto Protocol. They allow developed coun...
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Innovation at the heart of solutions to reconcile forest and humanity
First reservoir of terrestrial biodiversity, forests are, along with land, a formidable lever for climate regulation. Deforestation from agriculture causes nearly a quarter of anthropogenic greenhouse...
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