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FFEM’s financing focuses on six areas of activity, related to the main international conventions or agreements: biodiversity, climate, international waters, land degradation – including deforestation,...
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Co-create and raise awareness to improve agricultural system resilience
In Egypt and Lebanon, water stress, desertification and over-exploitation of the water table are damaging agriculture. The FFEM is supporting the SupMed project in order to reduce this over-exploitati...
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Innovate to reduce plastic pollution on the islands of Kerkennah in Tunisia
Plastic waste represents an increasingly significant and problematic pollution in the world. To support the pilot island site of Kerkennah in managing this issue, the FFEM supports the Plast'ile proje...
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African civil society’s involvement in Nature Conservation: the newly-launched website of the Small-scale Ini...
Paris, 11 March 2021 – Six months ahead of the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress, to be held in Marseille in September 2021, the Small-scale Initiatives Programme (PPI), run by the IUCN’s French Nati...
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Press release - Vital Reserves in Amazonia
The French Facility for Global Environment, Conservation International to support world’s Vital Reserves. €2.5 million investment aims to address both climate and biodiversity crises in Amazonia
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“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...
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Adaptation and low-carbon transition in cities and territories
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, especially in cities where more than 55% of the world’s population currently resides, and where an estimated 68% will reside by 2050. These urban areas are h...
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Biodiversity conservation and enhancement
Human activities have significantly altered both terrestrial (75%) and marine (66%) surfaces, endangering nearly one million animal and plant species. To reconcile conservation and development, FFEM c...
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Aquatic ecosystems resilience brochure
High seas, coastlines, wetlands, and freshwater hydrosystems: their role is crucial for climate regulation. By causing ocean acidification or sea level rise, anthropogenic pressures threaten these nat...
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Circular solutions and fight against pollution
FFEM supports projects that tackle pollution and implement circular solutions. It accompanies integrated approaches that consider the entire product life cycle. It also supports the strengthening of g...
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Sustainable management of agricultural and forests landscapes
As the primary reservoir of terrestrial biodiversity, forests, along with lands, serve as a powerful lever for climate regulation. Agricultural-related deforestation accounts for nearly a quarter of a...
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Encouraging agroecology in arid regions: the Avaclim website is live!
Run by the French NGO CARI (Centre for International Action and Realisations) and its partners (eight local NGOs, the Research Institute for Development, SupAgro (French agronomic graduate school) and...
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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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Evaluation summary of the integrated production system for sustainable cashmere project (SPI-CD)
Cashmere, an exceptionally fine animal fiber, is produced mainly in China and Mongolia, with around 40% of the world's cashmere coming from nomadic herds in Mongolia. The aim of the SPI-CD project...
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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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Sustainable transition of semi-nomadic pastoralism in Mongolia
Supporting the transition of Mongolian semi-nomadic livestock farming systems towards greater environmental, social and economic resilience and sustainability. To achieve this, the Nomads For Life (N4...
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Evaluation Summary : Linking improvements in nomadic herding practices to the production of sustainable cashme...
Against a backdrop of significant economic challenges facing the livestock sector (Mongolia’s second-largest economic sector); an imbalance in the pastoral system; and following market deregulation an...
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Linking the improvement in nomadic herding practices to sustainable cashmere production in the Gobi Desert
Fighting against pasture degradation in the Gobi Desert by proposing to develop a sustainable and environmentally-friendly sector for cashmere in which it is produced.
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