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Signing of the Plast’ile project to combat plastic pollution in the Mediterranean

On 9 September 2021, as part of the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress, the FFEM has signed a financing agreement with the NGO SMILO to support the island pilot site of Kerkennah in Tunisia in impleme...

Guiana's Amazonian Park Cooperation Project: publication of new thematic overviews

Within the framework of the RENFORESAP project, coordinated by the Amazonian Park in partnership with Suriname and Guyana, whose innovative approach was supported by the FFEM, thematic overviews focus...

Sealing a public-private partnership for sustainable excellent cocoa and zero deforestation

On 12 October 2021, the FFEM appeared alongside the French Secretary of State for the Ecological Transition, the company Kaoka and its partners at a press conference to formalise their partnership aim...

Event to showcase the FFEM’s expertise

On 16 November 2021, the FFEM presented the challenges and perspectives from its Evaluation and Capitalisation strategy using evaluations of 3 capitalisation approaches from previous projects. After o...

Record level of financial commitments in 2021

By the end of 2021, the FFEM had achieved record-level financial commitments of €30m across 16 projects.

ACT-DDP side event 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...

FFEM-supported project to combat coastal erosion in Senegal cited in Jeune Afrique

This issue of the pan-African weekly news magazine looked at solutions to combat coastal erosion in Senegal, including fencing made from typha reeds, as used in an FFEM-supported project.

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The Cocoa of Excellence project on RFI

The FFEM-supported “Cocoa of Excellence” project in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador was featured on the Spanish language programme “Escala en París” on Radio France Internationale (RFI).

‘Underpinning action and efficiency to put impetus behind current and future projects’

In creating a position dedicated to capitalisation in September 2020, the FFEM has strengthened capitalisation as a strategic direction for the coming years. Clémentine Dardy, who holds the position,...

New documentary on the Cogito project

The WWF has just released a documentary titled “Blue Future” highlighting the strong potential for sustainable blue jobs in the Mediterranean. The documentary was produced as part of the Cogito projec...

“The Plast’ile project aims to have a global impact for ecosystems and populations alike”: interview with Sylv...

Supported by the SMILO NGO and signed-off by the FFEM during the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in September 2021, the goal of the Plast’ile project is to put in place sustainable management of pl...

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.

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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...