European Conference on Tropical Ecology
The European Tropical Ecology Conference is held in Montpellier on June 7-8, 2022. Lisa Macera presents a poster on her remote sensing work, including results on Cuajiniquil in Costa Rica, and the MERCI-MANGROVES tool. > Link to the poster
End of the project in the Philippines: concrete but sometimes mixed results
From November 2015 to June 2022, FGEF supported the implementation of the “Building Coastal Resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in small island communities through Green-Grey Infrastructure (GGI) project” in the municipality of Concepcion, Iloilo province, one of the areas severely devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013. […]
Events on mangroves
The next International Conference on Mangroves (MMM6) will be held in Cartagena, Colombia from July 24 to 28, 2023 This year’s Tropical Restoration Network (TRN) International Workshop will be held in a dual format (in person and virtually) on June 6-8 in San Jose, Costa Rica. There will be no registration fee for the workshop.
Mission Benin (February-March 2023)
After the postponement of previous missions due to COVID, a new mission to Benin was held from February 27 to March 5, with the presence of several actors of the initiative. Organized by Ebénézer Houndjinou, from the NGO CORDE, it was attended by Janique Etienne (FFEM), Moussa Sall (CSE), Claudia Agraz (EPOMEX, Mexico), Issa Sakho […]
Soft solutions in the Saint Louis MPA
A synthesis of the implementation of soft solutions for coastal protection and the results of monitoring in the MPA of Saint-Louis: March 2019-December 2020 has just been produced. It reports on the work carried out within the framework of the WACA FFEM project “Monitoring of coastal risks and soft solutions in Benin, Senegal and Togo”, […]
The mangrove initiative at the PRCM forum (West Africa)
The 10th edition of the Coastal and Marine Forum will be held from March 29 to April 1, 2022 Saly, Senegal, under the theme of: “the health of the oceans, a sustainable development issue for West African coastal countries”. An exceptional meeting for sharing between high-level actors working in the field of conservation, the forum […]
Joal Fadiouth: an innovative approach to restore the mangrove.
In this short video, Mr. Abdoul Karim SALL, President of the Management Committee of the Joal Fadiouth Marine Protected Area, tells us how he and his community are mobilizing to safeguard the mangrove. They have been able to adapt and adopt an innovative and rigorous approach based on community involvement. According to Mr. SALL, nothing […]
Soft solutions in relation to coastal risks
This very rich analysis shows how soft solutions, which are effective responses to coastal erosion, inexpensive, with little negative impact, reversible and complementary to conventional solutions, find their place within the intervention and investment plans. > To the report
Discovering the mangroves of West Africa: an environmental education manual
This environmental education manual was produced within the framework of the “Rice and Mangrove” project implemented by the Guinea-Bissau Institute of Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP). It presents mangroves, their landscapes, their situation in West Africa, the associated flora and fauna, the services they provide and the threats they face. Dedicated to teachers, the manual […]
Initiative meeting days during the IUCN Congress
On the sidelines of the IUCN congress to be held in Marseille from September 3 to 11, the FGEF is organizing two days dedicated to the mangrove initiative. September 9 will be devoted to the presentation of the progress of the theses in progress on the restoration, then the meeting of the members of the […]