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The FFEM in short 2016
The French Facility for Global Environment/Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial (FFEM) has been working for more than 20 years to combine environmental preservation and sustainable development...
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Annual report 2016
The French Facility for Global Environment/Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial (FFEM) has been working for more than 20 years to combine environmental preservation and sustainable development...
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UNIDO in Africa: Mobilizing Resources for the 21st Century
In sub-Saharan Africa, over 20 per cent of youth is unemployed while 62 per cent of the African urban population lives in slum conditions. UNIDO in Africa: Mobilizing Resources for the 21st Century e...
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Small Initiatives for a Full-Scale Program
The SSIP focuses on Sub-Saharian African countries, included Madagascar, because of their extraordinary but threatned biodiversity, mainly due to extreme poverty. In these countries, livelihoods rely...
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Roll-out of a refrigeration solution
In the absence of reliable electricity networks, refrigeration remains a major issue for the health and nutrition of millions of people in Nigeria. Supported by the FFEM, the project led by Koolboks r...
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Comfortable, financially-accessible bioclimatic buildings
Developing a widely-accessible thermally-efficient construction method that ensures user comfort without the use of air conditioning or fossil fuels. That’s the goal of the CoCliCo project, implemente...
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Promoting agroecology for more sustainable agricultural and food systems
In response to local demographic and economic challenges, agriculture in the Mekong region has shifted towards specialization and intensification. A choice whose impact on the environment raises quest...
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Plastic pollution and strengthening the circular economy
Thousands of tonnes of plastic are dumped every year into the oceans, with no precise traceability. The Indian Ocean Plastic Expedi-tion (Expédition Plastique Océan Indien - ExPLOI) aims to combat pl...
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Participative forestry for local communities
The social forestry which has developed over the last two decades, in particular with the roll-out of community forests, has failed to deliver the expected social, economic and environmental planning...
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Improving access to clean cooking energy in the Sahel
In the Sahel, forest degradation is accelerating, raising critical climate, economic and social challenges. One of the main drivers is the use of fuelwood, the primary energy source for households. To...
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Application of sustainable financing funds for marine and coastal protected areas in the Mesoamerican reef
MAR Fund is an innovative project consolidating the management of marine protected areas in the Mesoamerican reef region, which include rich and unique ecosystems from which local populations draw man...
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An innovative sustainable electricity network in rural areas in Madagascar
The lack of an effective energy service in Madagascar means that most inhabitants have no access to electricity. Seeking to remedy the economic, social and environmental consequences, the Nanoé projec...
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Ecosystem management of the páramos in the Macizo Colombiano
The Macizo Colombiano project, supported by the FFEM via a subsidy of €1.1 million aims to reinforce the sustainable management of the páramo ecosystems by supporting the institutions in charge of the...
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A airborne wind turbine connected to the national grid in Mauritius
Over-dependent on fossil energy to produce the electricity it needs, Mauritius is seeking to become more resilient and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by developing renewable energies. With this i...
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Use of plastics and waste management to benefit the environment in Costa Rica
As a substantial importer of plastics, Costa Rica has to manage a significant amount of waste, part of which ends up in the wild. To limit the impact of this pollution on the environment, the project...
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Promoting sustainable housing to improve equitable access to social housing
With burgeoning demographic growth, Senegal has a shortage of homes for the most vulnerable households. The PHARD project – supported by the FFEM – aims to facilitate their access to affordable, resil...
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Management of plastic waste, in accordance with the Basel Convention
In line with the principles of the Basel Convention, the project supported by the FFEM aims to better protect human health and the environment against the adverse impacts of plastic waste in Cape Verd...
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A new production models favouring biodiversity in Brazil
The biodiversity of the natural pastures on the Brazilian Pampas is threatened by land conversion to monoculture farming. To protect this biodiversity, the project – supported by the FFEM – aims to pr...
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Enhanced regional cooperation for the WAP ecological complex
How can a cross-border area of major ecological interest be protected during periods of crisis? With support from the FFEM, the PASOA project is contributing to long-term financing for the conservatio...
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