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The Global Forest Transition as a Human Affair
Forests across the world stand at a crossroads where climate and land-use changes are shaping their future. Despite demonstrations of political will and global efforts, forest loss, fragmentation, and...
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The role of marine protected areas in sustaining fisheries: The case of the National Park of Banc d’Arguin, Ma...
Mauritania is characterized by fast-growing fisheries that have developed over the past several decades from low levels of fishing to intense fishing and have led to severe decreases in biomass and se...
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Mauritania’s Economic and Social Ambitions Collide: The Story of Diawling Park
Over the past decade, Mauritania has made progress on the security and political stability fronts but has largely skirted social justice and equity questions. Such questions are never too far from the...
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Manual on reinforcing the skill-sets of pastoral units in Senegal
Pastoral livestock is essential to the survival of communities, as it allows them to develop and maintain otherwise unusable land. This is the situation in the Ferlo region of north-eastern Senegal, w...
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Sustainable urban territories
Through the operations it finances, FFEM aims to contribute to decarbonizing energy production and improving energy efficiency in developing countries, with a view to providing sustainable access to e...
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See the side event ACT DDP at COP26
Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann spoke at this ACT-DDP side-event at COP26. The event presented the first lessons learned from this project led by Ademe and IDDRI, concerning the low-carbon transition of c...
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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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The BRIDGE Project Brochure
The BRIDGE Project seeks to promote strategic alliances between the private sector and CTFs that are part of RedLAC (Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds) and CAFÉ (Consortium o...
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FFEM strategy document 2023-2026
On the occasion of its budget replenishment for the 2023-2026 period, the FFEM is adopting a new strategy and defining its priority orientations. This new strategy is the result of a collective reflec...
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The 6 recommendations for more sustainable forest management in Central Africa
In focus: the forests of Central Africa. A priceless biodiversity reserve, the forests of Central Africa cover around 200 million hectares, almost one-quarter of which is used for industrial timber...
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The FFEM in a nutshell (2023 Edition)
Through our funding, the FFEM aims to encourage innovative, useful, and effective approaches. To do so, we support pilot projects to test solutions and learn lessons and since 1994 : €490 M comm...
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The 6 recommandations for Integrating, Preserving and Restoring Nature in Cities
Three quarters of the population in Latin America live in cities, which have been developed with no regard for the rich biodiversity which flourishes alongside them in the tropical climate. However, t...
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IN FOCUS - Towards more sustainable management of Central African production forests
For nearly thirty years, the FFEM has been supporting the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity and the sustainable management of agricultural and forest territories; these two areas of interve...
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IN FOCUS - Integrating nature into cities in Latin America
The sustainable city and more specifically Nature in the city are at the heart of the strategy of the FFEM for 10 years by encompassing both biodiversity conservation issues, adaptation and low-carbon...
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Aquatic ecosystems resilience brochure
High seas, coastlines, wetlands, and freshwater hydrosystems: their role is crucial for climate regulation. By causing ocean acidification or sea level rise, anthropogenic pressures threaten these nat...
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Biodiversity conservation and enhancement
Human activities have significantly altered both terrestrial (75%) and marine (66%) surfaces, endangering nearly one million animal and plant species. To reconcile conservation and development, FFEM c...
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Adaptation and low-carbon transition in cities and territories
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, especially in cities where more than 55% of the world’s population currently resides, and where an estimated 68% will reside by 2050. These urban areas are h...
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