Acting for the climate and the planet: the green and blue approaches

Protecting forests

Expertise France is cooperating with our institutional partners, civil society, and native communities to integrate forest protection into government policies while strengthening stakeholder capacity and governance frameworks. In Morocco, Expertise France is helping the National Agency for Water and Forests implement its Forests of Morocco 2020- 2030 strategy. In Latin America, Expertise France is working with EU regional sustainable forest management programs such as Euroclima et Amazonia+. In Colombia, we are helping those working in the palm oil, cocoa, milk, and meat sectors implement and comply with zero deforestation agreements signed between the government and private sector. In the Amazon basin, we are supporting the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) in their efforts to improve inclusive forest management. We are also helping local communities and women’s organizations protect the forest and its resources.

Promoting an inclusive and sustainable blue economy

Like forests, marine and coastal ecosystems are under threat. Expertise France’s blue economy approach aims to strike a balance between protecting seas and oceans and making space for their many uses by humans. In the Southwest Indian Ocean, in collaboration with the Réserves Naturelles de France NGO, we are helping more than 60 operators improve their management of protected marine areas. In Madagascar, with the support of WWF France and WWF Madagascar, the BIODEV2030 project has involved the private sector in the sustainable management of the shrimp fishing industry, based on the principles of sustainable fishing. Expertise France is also working in Algeria to make the fisheries and aquaculture sectors more sustainable through better resource management and improved working conditions for fishers.