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Conservation and innovative financing of high forest cover
The Amazon forest contains “vital reserves”, areas rich in both irrecoverable carbon and biodiversity. The FFEM’s support to four Amazon countries aims to encourage the emergence of innovative and sus...
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FISP Climat : Production of renewable energy and organic fertiliser from purification
The project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of an industrial production of biogas, by fermentation of latrine sludge.
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Marine ecosystems: Mangroves, coastal anchorages
The current ecological crisis marked by a significant degradation of ecosystems in a context of global change requires stronger and more sustainable protection of coral reefs and mangroves, which are...
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Publication of a Guide on Coral Reefs
The current ecological crisis, marked by significant degradation of ecosystems in a context of global change, calls for stronger and more sustainable protection of coral reefs and mangroves—hotspots o...
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Marine ecosystems in climate regulation
This book deals with the role of marine and coastal ecosystems, whose importance in climate regulation is often underestimated and misunderstood. They also play a role in mitigating the impacts of cli...
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Freshwater ecosystems: eutrophication and cyanobacteria
Eutrophication of surface waters on the African continent is accelerating, due to the cumulative effect of population growth and associated anthropogenic pollution, and climate change risks further am...
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Marine ecosystems: Oceanic plankton, Climate and Development
The collaboration between the FFEM and the Tara Ocean Foundation began in 2015 with the instruction of the Ocean Plankton, Climate and Development project: it was the beginning of a collective adventu...
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Marine ecosystems: conservation of the biodiversity of deep-sea seamounts
The FFEM publishes a new guide on the conservation of biodiversity in offshore seamounts. This book is a synthesis of the results obtained by the project “Conservation and sustainable exploitation of...
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Marine ecosystems: the restoration of mangroves
The FFEM has supported multiple projects dedicated to the protection, management and restoration of mangroves, as part of its strategy on Resilience of aquatic ecosystems. To improve their effectivene...
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Marine ecosystems: the bay contract
The FFEM publishes a new methodological guide on berry contracts to promote integrated coastal management and enable sustainable development of coastal zones. This book builds on the experience gai...
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Restoring forests and landscapes and sustainably managing land in the Sahel
The populations of Burkina Faso and Niger rely on land subjected to intense biophysical and human pressure due to ecological, economic and social reasons. By supporting a project combating the degrada...
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Supporting community conservation to reconcile local development and biodiversity conservation in northern Ken...
Hailed as one of the most mega-biodiverse nations in East Africa, Kenya is home to over 6,500 plant species along with over 1,000 birds and about 350 mammals. Despite its rich biodiversity, many of Ke...
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Promote a new pedagogy to raise awareness about climate change in classrooms
Raising awareness among new generations about climate change starts at school. With the support of the FFEM, the Office for Climate Education (OCE) is pushing for primary and secondary education to ad...
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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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Small-Scale Initiatives Program (PPI 4)
Following on from the previous phases, the fourth phase of the Small-Scale Initiatives Program (PPI) aims to strengthen African civil society on environmental issues in countries where it is historica...
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Small-Scale Initiatives Program for Civil Society Organizations in North Africa
Strengthening young Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia in the environmental field, by financing several small-scale projects and capacity building actions.
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Capitalization on 20 years of the SIP (2006–2025)
For the past 20 years, the Small Initiatives Programme (SIP) has been supporting civil society organisations in West and Central Africa that are committed to preserving biodiversity and sustainably im...
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Third Small Grants Programme
Building on four previous phases of the program, PPI3 supports African Civil Society Organizations by both funding small-scale, concrete field projects focused on biodiversity conservation and climate...
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The PPI, a tool for African CSOs
Since 2006, The Small-Scale Initiatives Program (PPI), supported by the FFEM and implemented by the French Committee of the IUCN in West Africa and in Central Africa, and in North Africa through UICN...
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Strengthening civil society to protect biodiversity in Africa (PPI 7)
In continuation of the previous phases, phase 7 of the Small Initiatives Programme - PPI 7, implemented by the French Committee of IUCN, aims to support African civil society acting for the conservati...
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