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After 6 years of partnership, the participative governance of Mediterranean MPAs shows promising results
The Mediterranean basin is today considered a global biodiversity hotspot. Its exceptional flora includes some 15,000-25,000 species, 60% of which are endemic to the region. However, over-fishing, coa...
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« Our Future Forests: Vital Reserves in the Amazon » : an ambitious commitment to Indigenous peoples and loca...
On August 9th, for International Day of the World4s Indigenous Peoples, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) Highlights a project supported by the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance...
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ISSUES FOR COP16 IN CALI AND THEIR LINKS TO THE FFEM STRATEGY: CONVERGING TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
From 21 October to 1 November 2024, Colombia will be hosting the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), in the city of Cali. The parties...
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COP CLIMATE 29 : UNITING CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY FOR AN INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSITION
COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024, focuses on climate finance to drive ambitious climate action. The main goal is to establish a new global objective for funding climate efforts...
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Combatting desertification : FFEM’s actions through concrete examples
On the occasion of the Desertification COP taking place from December 2 to 13, let’s revisit the FFEM’s efforts to combat this threat to ecosystems and communities in arid regions. The French Facility...
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AGORA: An Ambitious Project for Sustainable Cooling in West Africa
Ghana and Nigeria are paving the way for a more sustainable future with the AGORA project, supported by the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM).
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The FFEM unveils its new capitalization initiative : "IN FOCUS - Carbon finance : a level for a sustainable fu...
On January 21 in Paris, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) organized a hybrid event to mark the publication of its capitalization work "In Focus carbon finance: a powerful tool for a su...
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The FFEM invites discussion on carbon finance for sustainable development: recap of the roundtable on January ...
On January 21 in Paris, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) organized a hybrid event to mark the publication of its capitalization work "In Focus carbon finance: a powerful tool for a su...
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THE FFEM SUPPORTS INNOVATION FOR A FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION
Aware that the adoption of clean energy is an integral part of the fight against climate change, one of the priorities of the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) is to contribute to energy e...
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World Wetlands Day: A Look Back at Biodiversity Protection in the Mediterranean Region
Every year, World Wetlands Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of these ecosystems (marshes, wet meadows, mangroves…), which are essential for maintaining natural balance and...
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Shark Fin Bay project featured in Ouest-France news
Reporting on the FFEM financing agreement for the project to restore coral reefs in Shark Fin Bay in the Philippines, Ouest France highlights awareness-raising among the local communities
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Mauritania, caught between economic development and biodiversity conservation: we look at two of Mauritania’s ...
Two studies have just been published, looking at the Diawling park and the Banc d’Arguin National Park. These two Mauritanian national parks receive finance from the FFEM to protect their biodiversity
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Sébastien Treyer: “The crisis is pushing us to search for an ever-wider transformational impact.”
Sébastien Treyer, President of the FFEM’s Scientific & Technical Committee and also Director General of the French Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (Iddri), considers...
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An innovative National Park model for the conservation of great apes in Cameroon
On 30 October 2020, the AFD signed a financing agreement on behalf of the French Facility for Global Environment with the Electricity Development Corporation, the public agency in charge of managing r...
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The Deng Deng project cited in the Cameroon daily l’Economie
The daily l’Economie featured the signing ceremony for the great apes conservation project in the Deng Deng National Park, supported by the FFEM.
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The FFEM takes part in the first virtual collaborative RedLAC-CAFÉ congress
The FFEM was delighted to take part in the very first virtual congress of the RedLAC and Café Environmental Funds, held on 6 - 8 October 2020.
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A forum for conservation of the great apes
In November 2020, the Alliance for the Conservation of Great Apes in Central Africa (AGSAC) organised a forum around the topic of “Local initiatives to protect the great apes of the Cameroon forests a...
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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...
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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...
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