Gentle solutions for the Langue de Barbarie
The second issue of the MOLOA (Mission d’Observation du Littoral Ouest Africain) newsletter presents the soft solutions deployed on the Langue de Barbarie site, in Senegal, within the framework of the WACA FFEM project, by the Conservatoire du Littoral and the SAVe association. > Download Newsletter 2 > Download newsletter 1
C’est pas du vent… (It’s not wind)
Costa Rica-Benin: South-South mobilization to help mangroves. On 16/04/2020, Radio France International (RFI) devoted its radio show “C’est pas du vent” (“It’s not wind”) to mangroves, through FGEF projects, with the participation of Janique Etienne (FFEM) and Ebenezer Houndjinou (NGO Corde, in charge of the mangrove restoration project in the Mono Delta sector in Benin), […]
“Our countries’ blue carbon needs to be socially responsible blue carbon”
Bernardo A. Gonzáles and Paloma Cerdán give their view in “Economía social y solidaria en los humedales costeros de Costa Rica frente al cambio climático” (Social and solidarity economy in the coastal wetlands of Costa Rica in the face of climate change) Download the brochure (Spanish)
Major communication campaign in collaboration with JC Decaux
Costa Rica: Launch of a major communication campaign by Néotropica in collaboration with JC Decaux, who have donated advertising space and offered their panel printing services. The Néotropica environmental education coordinator and communication department have produced six awareness-raising panels presenting first-hand accounts from school children about the importance of mangroves.
WACA/FFEM project steering committee meeting at the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (12 March 2019)
After the opening speeches (CSE, AFD, FFEM, IUCN MACO), this first steering committee meeting provided the opportunity to review the activities planned for 2019 in Benin, Senegal and Togo. The various partners (CEREMA, Conservatoire du littoral, RAMPAO and PRCM) each presented their programme for 2019.
Habitat surveys
The first field visit to the Cuajiniquil and Térraba-Sierpe sites took place in August 2018. This was an opportunity to inspect the reference sites and areas to be restored prior to installing field monitoring equipment. A second visit to the sites was made at the end of November/early December 2018 to install Thalimedes sensors to […]
4-7 NOV./COSTA RICA/First mission for the expert platform
The expert platform’s first mission to Costa Rica took place from 4 to 7 November 2018 with Janique Etienne, Juliana Prosperi and Catherine Gabrié, Marine Lalanne from the French Embassy in Costa Rica and Beninese project manager Ebénézer Houndjinou. The visit was organised and accompanied by the project’s Costa Rican teams: Bernardo Aguilar GONZALEZ, Executive […]