Support for agri-food SME upgrading in Turkey
In the context of the negotiations over Turkey’s European Union membership, the project supported by AFD aims to provide financial assistance for the implementation of the policy to upgrade Turkey’s agri-food sector and will focus on bringing small industries in the sector up to health, plant-...
The Little Book of Investing in Nature
It’s a small book aiming to address a big issue, with global repercussions. In partnership with AFD, the NGO Global Canopy has released a new edition of The Little Book of Investing in Nature. It highlights the lack of funds dedicated to biodiversity conservation and takes stock of the financial...
Achieving sustainable forest management often requires participation by local and indigenous peoples of the forest area, but there are many obstacles to achieving this. That’s why Agence Française de Développement provides support for programs that encourage participation – to improve forest...
Launched by the Global Development Network (GDN) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the AFD-GDN Biodiversity and Development Award provides support for researchers in their projects to preserve biodiversity. Spotlight on the winners of the 2021 edition in five countries: Ghana, Vietnam...
Sri Lanka’s fishing sector is a fundamental pillar of the country’s food supply, providing over 60% of the animal protein consumer by the population. It also employs 600,000 people, or nearly 10% of the working population. A reform of the sector is therefore of strategic importance to the...
France and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are organizing the World Conservation Congress from 3 to 11 September in Marseille. It’s a key event for biodiversity specialists and major date in the development calendar in the run up to COP15 in Kunming.
It’s a deal that concerns two countries some 12,000 kms apart. On the eve of the One Ocean Summit from 9 to 11 February in Brest, the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and AFD two signed technical cooperation agreements aimed at supporting the development of sustainable...
Increasingly, governments, the private sector, civil society and international cooperation are investing in the bioeconomy – a range of economic activities that tap into our biodiversity. It’s an alternative and more sustainable route to development, more in tune with the fight against...
Up to the Tusk | Episode 1
The COP15 conference on biodiversity overcame fears of a failed summit and saw more than 190 countries approve a sweeping, last-minute deal to protect 30% of the planet’s land and seas by 2030. Beyond the 30x30 plan, the accord features 23 new targets, to which AFD is committed. Five points are...
On 17 October, AFD committed to investing €200 million to two strategic sectors in Moldova: energy transitions and the sustainable management of natural resources. The investments will be devoted to supporting reforms over the next three years, with an eye to making both sectors more sustainable...
A bright future for Kenya's forests
Between 2007 and 2015, AFD has supported the implementation of the management and development plan of the Limpopo National Park, one of the largest parks in Mozambique, emblematic of the local and cross-border challenges of supporting a regional protected area in Africa.
This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on the oceans and frozen regions of our planet. Some of the report’s revelations are alarming. What can still be done to mitigate the effects of climate change? We ask AFD climate change specialists.