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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...
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AFD Webinar: How to combat pollution of Lake Victoria?
Lake Victoria is the second largest source of freshwater in the world, however, it is being colonised by algae and micro-organisms. AFD East Africa is organizing a webinar on March 4 and 5 on algae po...
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The Dynafac collective launches its website, helping deliver sustainable management for the Congo basin forest...
The Dynafac collective, supported by the FFEM, now has its new website online. This new information platform will showcase Dynafac’s nurturing of technical and scientific skills to help the forests in...
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Closing seminar of the South expert plants sustainable development programme
The SEP2D programme is reaching completion, and there will be a closing seminar 7-8 April. This is the time to assess the programme’s activity and outline the prospects for the conservation and enhanc...
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Spotlight on the “Sustainable cocoa industry” project in the Proparco review “Private Sector and Development“
The “Sustainable cocoa industry” agroforestry project supported by the FFEM and notably implemented by the Kaoka company is presented in the latest issue of the Proparco review “Private Sector and De...
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Event to present the FFEM’s new 2023-2026 strategy
On 27 June 2022, the FFEM - alongside the National Council for Development and International Solidarity (CNDSI) - presented the issues and prospects documented in its new 2023-2026 strategy. The ses...
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Ocean Plankton Project conference: towards new governance for the oceans
On 23 June 2022, ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the Tara Ocean Foundation invited scientists and key players in ocean gov...
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When field experience empowers access to electricity
The field experience of some NGOs and private enterprises involved in rural electrification via mini grids has proven very enlightening to funding partners. The French Development Agency (AFD), the Fr...
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The Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI): new call for project proposals
For its 6th phase, the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) is launching a call for project proposals open to new emerging organisations that have not previously benefited from the PPI. This FFEM p...
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Marc Daubrey: “The FFEM must retain its targeted approach and apply it to the African continent’s new challeng...
Marc Daubrey, the first member of the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) to represent the African continent, joined this consultative body in January 2022. The STC guides the FFEM’s strategic di...
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The Small-scale Initiatives Programme on RFI
In this edition of "C’est pas du vent", Paul Estève, head of the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI) at the French Committee of the IUCN, explains the programme’s action principles. Since 2006, th...
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The restoration of coral reefs: Le Monde reports on the Shark Fin Bay project
Since 2020, the FFEM has supported the Sulubaaï Foundation in restoring the coral reefs in Shark Fin Bay, alongside the local people and villages, on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Palawan...
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World Water Week: the FFEM publishes a new guide on freshwater ecosystems
The FFEM has published a new guide on freshwater ecosystems to further extend its series on marine ecosystems. With mounting pressure around water resources, this publication on eutrophisation and cya...
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IN NIGER, SATELLITES ARE HELPING TO FIGHT DEFORESTATION
The Sahel Wood Energy project, supported by the Agence française de Développement (AFD) and the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) is committed to preserving the Sahel’s forests through bet...
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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.
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Loubassa’a tidal stream generator was commissioned a year ago, harnessing the energy of the Congo River for so...
The Essential Services Unit (ESU) for Loubassa village, located on M’bamou island in the Republic of the Congo, was brought on stream on 15 October 2021. The ESU's special technical feature is that i...
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COP 15: "Protecting the Living World for a Peace Pact with Nature"
After COP27 on Climate, COP15 on Biodiversity begins in Montreal from December 7 to December 19, 2022, with the goal of establishing a global action plan for biodiversity — an issue closely linked to...
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Agroecology and adaptation to climate change: Review of the AVACLIM workshop
On 11 and 12 January, a review workshop was held in Montpellier for the AVACLIM project supported by the FFEM and GEF-FAO for the Centre for International Actions and Achievements (Centre d’actions et...
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