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The FFEM at the One Ocean Summit 9 - 11 February

The FFEM will be participating alongside its partners in a number of events at the Summit.

World Water Forum: the WaSAf project publishes its guide to freshwater ecosystems

The 9th World Water Forum has just opened in Dakar, in Senegal. The international water and water treatment community will be gathered there until 26 March. It’s an opportunity for the French Facility...

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...

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...

FFEM support for MedFund cited in Afrik21

The Afrki21 news site, dedicated to environmental news in Africa, has published an article on the support provided by FFEM and AFD to MedFund.

News from the RedLAC network

Feedback from the “Biodiversity modelling and scenarios” programme

Results from the “Biodiversity modelling and scenarios” programme, set up by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) and backed by the FFEM, were shared during a feedback session held on...

Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann interviewed by the GEF: “Delivering paths to a sustainable recovery”

Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann is Secretary General of the FFEM and serves as France’s Alternate Council Member at the Global Environment Facility. In an interview on the GEF website, she reflects on the...

AFD Webinar: How to combat pollution of Lake Victoria?

Lake Victoria is the second largest source of freshwater in the world, however, it is being colonised by algae and micro-organisms. AFD East Africa is organizing a webinar on March 4 and 5 on algae po...

The Dynafac collective launches its website, helping deliver sustainable management for the Congo basin forest...

The Dynafac collective, supported by the FFEM, now has its new website online. This new information platform will showcase Dynafac’s nurturing of technical and scientific skills to help the forests in...

Closing seminar of the South expert plants sustainable development programme

The SEP2D programme is reaching completion, and there will be a closing seminar 7-8 April. This is the time to assess the programme’s activity and outline the prospects for the conservation and enhanc...

Spotlight on the “Sustainable cocoa industry” project in the Proparco review “Private Sector and Development“

The “Sustainable cocoa industry” agroforestry project supported by the FFEM and notably implemented by the Kaoka company is presented in the latest issue of the Proparco review “Private Sector and De...

New videos about the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI)

For the last 15 years, the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) has been supporting African civil society organisations (CSO) acting to conserve nature. The programme has just released new videos b...

World Ocean Day: a new FFEM brochure showcasing our work

On the occasion of World Ocean Day, the French Facility for Global Environment is publishing a new brochure showcasing its work in supporting aquatic ecosystems, one of its priority themes ever since...

A new lateral electrification project in Madagascar

The FFEM has today signed a new financing agreement with the Franco-Malagasy company Nanoé, in order to improve access to electricity in the north of the country.

Prince Albert II of Monaco calls on financers to join the MedFund

One of the challenges from the One Planet Summit was the creation of a “plan of action for an exemplary Mediterranean in 2030” put forward by France, Spain and Monaco. It’s within this context that Pr...

“Our strategy is already bearing fruit, and testifies to our role as precursors”: interview with Stéphanie Bou...

At the mid-point of the 2019-2022 strategic cycle, FFEM Secretary-General describes the positive results of a successful first half of the period. She discusses the FFEM approach and precursor role, c...

“Underpinning action and efficiency to put impetus behind current and future projects”: interview with Clément...

In creating a role dedicated to capitalisation in September 2020, the FFEM identified this as a stronger strategic direction for the coming years. Clémentine Dardy, who holds the position, takes us th...

“The planet needs horizontal instruments like the FFEM”: interview with Monique Barbut

Now President of WWF France, Monique Barbut was already playing a key role during the Earth Summit negotiations in Rio back in 1992. The very first Secretary-General of the FFEM at its foundation, sh...

“Being able to share experiences makes us more able to innovate” - Zdenka Piskulich

Over the last twenty years, the RedLAC network of Latino-Caribbean conservation trust funds has served as a launchpad for innovative thinking about financing mechanisms. In bringing trust funds tog...