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FFEM Insights: Xavier Debade, expert in ecosystem restoration and sustainable forest management

To better understand the work of the FFEM, we invite you to meet Xavier Debade, who joined FFEM in July 2023 as a project manager focusing on forest conservation and ecosystem restoration. As the larg...

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Strengthening civil society to protect biodiversity in Africa (PPI 7)

In continuation of the previous phases, phase 7 of the Small Initiatives Programme - PPI 7, implemented by the French Committee of IUCN, aims to support African civil society acting for the conservati...

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...

The FFEM presents itself to innovative French SMEs for the climate

As part of a meeting held at Business France on October 19th, the FFEM, alongside the Agence française de développement and the Ministry of the Economy, presented its financing tools for innovative co...

Strengthening capacities and access to satellite data for forest monitoring in Central and West Africa

Preserving forests in Central Africa and West Africa by allowing countries in these two regions to define and implement administratively, economically and socially effective national REDD+ strategies....

RESSOURCE : Protecting Waterbirds in the Major Sahelian Wetland Areas

A range of pressures in the Sahel-Saharan region have disrupted the functioning of the Sahel’s large, biodiversity-rich wetlands. To improve the management of natural resources, particularly waterbird...

A LOOK AT THE INNOVATIVE NATURE OF ‘PROJECT RESSOURCE’ WITH CONSTANCE CORBIER-BARTHAUX

Between 1960 and 2000, the number of water birds in the great Sahel wetlands declined by about 40%. Project RESSOURCE aims to significantly improve living standards for the local populations of these...

Soft solutions to combat coastal erosion in Senegal

The FFEM has made the resilience of aquatic and coastal ecosystems one of its key priorities. To this end, it’s funding a project in Senegal, Togo and Benin to develop soft solutions to combat coastal...

WEEECAM project featured on Telesud TV

The project for sustainable management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in Cameroon (WEEECAM) was featured in a report on Telesud, the French language pan-African television network

THE LATEST ON THE SWM PROGRAMME AND ‘RESSOURCE’ PROJECT

The SWM (Sustainable Wildlife Management) Programme has just published its 4th newsletter.

The latest on the SWM programme and Ressource project

The SWM (Sustainable Wildlife Management) Programme has just published its 9th newsletter. The work is now entering its final phase.

Interview Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann - UNOC 3

As part of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann, Secretary General of FFEM is interviewed by Frédéric Tardieu, President of Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation on...

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...

A new study into how invasive rodents are spreading in Senegal

New results have just emerged from the CERISE project.

The Deng Deng project cited in the Cameroon daily l’Economie

The daily l’Economie featured the signing ceremony for the great apes conservation project in the Deng Deng National Park, supported by the FFEM.

Integrated and concerted water resources management for the aquifer systems of lullemeden, Taoudéni/Tanezrouft and the River Niger - GICRESAIT

Improving the concerted and sustainable management of the water resources of the transboundary aquifer systems of Iullemeden (SAI) and Taoudeni/Tanezrouft (SAT) and the River Niger in a context of cli...

African civil society, finance of small biodiversity- and climate-themed projects

To protect biodiversity and climate from further degradation, civil society must acquire the tools it needs to make a positive impact. Such is the goal of this FFEM-supported project, which aims to en...

Third Small Grants Programme

Building on four previous phases of the program, PPI3 supports African Civil Society Organizations by both funding small-scale, concrete field projects focused on biodiversity conservation and climate...

Evaluation summary - PPI 6

Launched in 2006, the Small Initiatives Programme (PPI), funded by FFEM and implemented by the French Committee of IUCN, supports African civil society in its biodiversity conservation actions. Phase...