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A community solar-powered lighting installation to facilitate access to electricity in Casamance
Although Senegal has great solar potential, in 2016 only 56.5% of the population had access to electricity. With financial support from the FFEM, Sunna Design has installed community solar-powered lig...
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FISP Climat - Energy optimisation of the Laiterie du Berger processing plant
Supporting Paramint Energy Africa in order to provide an energy solution that covers the electricity and thermal needs of the Laiterie du Berger processing plant as part of its yoghurt production indu...
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Leverage the prickly pear to adapt to climate change
Aridity is a major challenge for farmers in Morocco. Confronted with this issue, the prickly pear offers great potential as it only needs a little water. Atlas Inclusive Partners has benefited from FF...
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Desalinate seawater using solar energy
Water supply is a major issue for small island communities. To address this, the solar-powered seawater desalination technology developed by the company Mascara enables the production of drinking wate...
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Promote the development of a local photovoltaic industry for the industrial sector.
Fuel oil and gas are the traditional fuels powering industry: that is the case for the cement plant owned by Sococim Industries, the Senegalese subsidiary of the French group Vicat. To address its gro...
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A network of community solar lighting systems to facilitate access to electricity in Casamance
Despite Senegal’s significant solar potential, only 56.5% of the population had access to electricity in 2016. With financial support from the FFEM, the company Sunna Design installed community solar...
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Ensure access to renewable electricity and essential services through a floating tidal stream turbine
600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity. To combat this energy insecurity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the FFEM is supporting a pilot project to install a tidal stream t...
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Setting up workshops for locally manufacturing green products in Africa
The French company Lagazel manufactures quality solar products in Africa, particularly lamps, enabling large-scale development and distribution of “green” equipment. The project is supported by the FF...
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Kick-starting a private investment dynamic for low-power renewables in Cameroon
Despite the best intentions of the public authorities for several years, to date no private investment project in low-power renewable energies has seen light of day in Cameroon. In supporting the crea...
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Extending access to energy and solar technologies in the rural environments
The rural populations of Vanuatu and Indonesia frequently lack basic access to electricity, in particular for lighting, phone charging or electrically-powered crop mills. In supporting this project to...
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Desalination of seawater using solar energy
Water supply is a major problem for small island communities. To address this, the solar-energy seawater desalination technology developed by Mascara allows drinking water to be produced at low cost a...
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Support and fortify fishing activities in Senegal
An activity essential to socio-economic balance in Senegal, fishing suffers the full impact of climate change. With the support of the FFEM, Valorem plans to test out a solar-powered cold room solutio...
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Rremodelling a vulnerable neighbourhood in Douala’s flood zone
As a result of urban sprawl, Douala’s vulnerable populations have started settling in wetlands that are lacking infrastructure and liable to flooding. Supported by the FFEM, the “Douala, sustainable c...
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Agro-gazélec : Re-using agricultural and agro-industrial wastes in West Africa
In Benin and along the Côte d’Ivoire, waste from cashew nut growing is polluting the environment. Coordinated by the NGO Urja Nishati and supported by a subsidy from the FFEM, the Agro_gazélec project...
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Exemplary Management of Coastal, Island, and Marine Areas in the Mediterranean
Rendre les espaces sensibles littoraux, marins et insulaires des modèles de gestion intégrée de zones côtières (GIZC) et des modèles de financement durable, au bénéfice des populations locales et des...
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Advancing Knowledge of the Marine Microbiome (Plankt’ECO)
The marine microbiome contributes to life on Earth, but our understanding of it remains limited. Led by the Tara Ocean Foundation, the Plankt’ECO project supports research on this topic and enhances e...
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Protecting the small sentinel islands of the Mediterranean and Macaronesia
The CAIPIM project (Savoir, Agir, Innovate and Protect the Small Islands of the Mediterranean and Macaronesia) is led by the association Initiative for the Small Islands of the Mediterranean (PIM) and...
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Supporting the ecological and energy transition in the Malagasy highlands (TOTEM)
Based on a unifying operational entry point (hydroelectric generation and distribution), the TOTEM project (Terri-tOires en Transition Ecologique in Madagascar) led by the FFEM is the continuity of t...
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Sustainability of community-based co-management and conservation of biodiversity in Guatemala’s Protected Areas system
Contributing to strengthening and extending SIGAP (Guatemalan System of Protected Areas) by giving a greater role to local and Indian communities in the management of these protected areas.
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Promoting and formalising artisanal wood logging to reduce forest degradation
In Central Africa unregulated artisanal wood logging is endangering state-led efforts to sustainably manage the forestry resources. To reduce the resulting impact on forest degradation, the FFEM is su...
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