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JANIQUE ETIENNE TALKS TO THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ABOUT NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATI...

Janique Etienne, FFEM head of Aquatic Ecosystem Resilience projects, took part in the French parliamentary think-tank session “Combating climate change and its effects” on 12 December 2019. During the...

PUBLICATION OF AN ONERC REPORT: “NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION”

The publisher Documentation française is today publishing an information and recommendations report from the French National Observatory on the Effects of Climate Change (ONERC) for France's Prime Min...

Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann: “the ffem has been producing innovative ideas for the environment for 25 years”

The French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) was launched after the first Earth Summit, in 1994. Since then, it has worked towards a single goal: to create synergies between environmental preserv...

Covid-19 and lockdown: the FFEM team remains mobilised

In this unprecedented period of Covid-19 pandemic, involving the lockdown of many people, the FFEM team would like to assure its partners of the continuation of the appraisal of current projects. The...

Interview on RFI: Costa Rica – Benin, a South-South mobilisation to save the mangroves

Janique Etienne, Head of marine and coastal ecosystems at the FFEM, was interviewed on “C’est pas du vent”, RFI’s environmental magazine, broadcast on 16 April.

THE LATEST ON THE SWM PROGRAMME AND ‘RESSOURCE’ PROJECT

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

PUBLICATION OF THE OFB “NATURAL AREAS” JOURNAL: THE FFEM CALLS FOR SOLUTION-SHARING

The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) has just published the latest issue of its “Espaces Naturels” (“Natural Areas”) journal. In the editorial, FFEM Secretary-General Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann invit...

Aristide Takoukam: “Beyond its technological innovation, the project has encouraged true environmental citizen...

Aristide Takoukam is president and founder of the NGO AMMCO (African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization) in Cameroon. He explains how AMMCO has launched apps to monitor and protect endangered mar...

Covid-19 crisis – Strengthening population's resilience by supporting conservancies in Northern Kenya

In the context of the Covid-19 crisis the FFEM is trying to deliver a concrete response to the country's most vulnerable populations, and to the economic sectors most affected by the crisis in Kenya,...

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...

Climate change

To fight against climate change, FFEM assists developing countries in their efforts for climate change mitigation and adaptation. It specifically promotes innovation in all its forms, as well as tr...

Zembo project cited on Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle headline “Uganda’s motorbikes go green”; a look back at the Zembo project, supported by the FFEM, in a report broadcast by Deutsche Welle on 12 May 2020.

New call for project proposals: Sustainable refrigeration and air-conditioning

The FFEM is launching a new call for project proposals aimed at supporting innovations in “Sustainable refrigeration and air-conditioning” in developing countries.

A LOOK BACK AT THE FFEM’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT

On 5 March 2020, the FFEM celebrated its 25th anniversary in the presence of Secretary-General Stéphanie Bouziges-Eschmann together with FFEM partners, former colleagues and friends.

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Aquatic ecosystems

The Chimanimani conservation area: moving towards a sustainable management model

To mark the International Day for Biological Diversity, we provide an update on the Chimanimani project. This project has been supported by the FFEM and AFD for the past 4 years to work on sustainable...

Working towards a Global Plastics Treaty: showcasing FFEM-supported projects for sustainable management of pla...

From 29 May to 2 June 2023, Paris is hosting the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), which is aiming to develop an international legally binding instrument to end pla...

The FFEM presents its latest capitalisations: overviews of nature in a Latin American city, and the forests of...

At a round table organised on 13 June in Paris, the FFEM revealed its latest capitalisations highlighting two key themes: nature in a Latin American city and the sustainable management of Central Afri...