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Securing financing for protected marine areas in the Mediterranean
Highly sensitive to climate change, the Mediterranean’s marine biodiversity is also threatened by human economic activity. To enhance the Sea's protection, the FFEM is funding a project intended to se...
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Toward a strengthened network of protected marine areas in West Africa
The West African coastline is subject to ever-growing and diverse pressures from human activities, mineral exploitation and coastal urbanisation. Its biodiversity is badly degraded, and the living con...
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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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Supporting the gradual phasing-out of mercury in the Guianas
Small-scale gold mining is the greatest contributing factor in environmental destruction in the Guianas, and is responsible for 37% of global mercury emissions. To protect humans and the environment a...
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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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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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Encourage recovery of the fish stocks on the Mesoamerican Reef
The fishing resources on the Mesoamerican Reef are indispensable to the food security of local populations as well as to the economic development of their neighbouring countries. To encourage sustaina...
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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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Innovative financing of biodiversity
Mobilizing additional and innovative resources for biodiversity conservation. FFEM’s action aims to support the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and to...
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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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Nurturing local photovoltaic energy generation 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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Consolidating Fair Trade sectors in West Africa
Fair trade sectors are a very effective tool for protecting agricultural and forestry resources while improving the lives of populations. Following a successful initial pilot phase, the Équité II proj...
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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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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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Integrating scientific output on coastal and marine areas into decision-making
Although scientific understanding around marine environments continues to grow, these findings are still often overlooked by decision-makers and civil society. That is why the FFEM is supporting the I...
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Sustainable Financing of Biodiversity Conservation via the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund
Promoting sustainable conservation financing in the region is vital in order to safeguard Caribbean biodiversity under threat from climate change. This is why the FFEM and AFD have agreed to help prov...
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Linking the improvement in nomadic herding practices to sustainable cashmere production in the Gobi Desert
Fighting against pasture degradation in the Gobi Desert by proposing to develop a sustainable and environmentally-friendly sector for cashmere in which it is produced.
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Pilot project to fight against the deforestation and degradation of Miombo forest on the Gilé National Reserve and its periphery
Combating the deforestation and degradation of Miombo forest on the Gilé National Reserve (GNR) and its periphery by reducing the pressures on it, and mobilizing the REDD+ mechanism. Gilé is one of th...
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Sustainable funding for the Rwenzori Mountains National Park
To develop perennial sources of funding for the Rwenzori Mountains National Park and the local population, namely to increase tourism revenues and private...
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