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Strengthening the sustainable management of natural forests in the Moyen-Ouémé region
In Benin, the Communauté Forestière of Moyen-Ouémé (CoForMO) has implemented an innovative multi-actor governance arrangement to rehabilitate forest cover while encouraging local economic development...
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Sustainably financing conservation in Cameroon's Deng Deng National Park
In Cameroon, Deng Deng National Park has been established to protect the great ape populations. To ensure its long-term financing, part of the water rights generated by the Lom Pangar hydro-electric d...
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Working towards a stronger, more replicable sustainable cashmere industry in Mongolia
In Mongolia, the structure of the sustainable cashmere industry in the province of Bayankhongor combines economic development with natural resource management. The FFEM is supporting the Agronomes et...
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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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Forests & farmland
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Coastal and high seas management
FFEM finances operations on the integrated management and resilience of coastal and marine areas. It supports actions for integrated sustainable management from watersheds to the high seas, beyond...
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Support for Climate Innovations from the Private Sector in Developing Countries: Launch of the 4th Call for Pr...
The FFEM is launching the 4th call for projects under its FISP-Climat program to support the private sector in developing climate change-related innovations initiated for the benefit of developing cou...
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