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A team of experts leads the National Action Plans to protect marine turtles and the Lesser Antillean Iguana
© RTMG : Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) At the heart of the Caribbean arc, the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique are an essential link in the protection of nature in the Caribbean. On land, they are home to some of the world’s largest colonies…
Ivory Coast’s forest and wildlife inventory reaches 80% completion
On this occasion, find below the press release produced by ONF Côte d’Ivoire. National forestry and wildlife inventory: the completion rate approaches 80% The National Forest and Wildlife Inventory (IFFN) project, which started in January 2019, saw its field operations begin in October 2019….
Eco-systemic accounting, an example of R&D at ONF International
Maps of the net ecosystem carbon balance in 2000 and 2015 on the Guiana Shield (in TC/ha) Since the 2000s, the concept of ecosystem services has reinforced the importance of preserving natural resources and landscape units in political decision-making. In 2010, the Convention on…
Implementation of protection or restoration operations of water catchment areas in New Caledonia
Press conference held at SPC on 24 February 2021 Today, ONFI was present at the kick-off meeting for the implementation of operations to manage, protect and restore the catchment areas of water supply systems within the framework of the PROTEGE programme financed by the…
ONF International managing the Secretariat of the Kiwa Initiative in the Pacific region, to implement nature-based solutions, strengthen the resilience of ecosystems and people to climate change
What is the Kiwa Initiative? The Pacific Ocean is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. It has exceptional terrestrial and marine biodiversity that provides invaluable services to communities and to the island economies. Yet the Pacific countries and territories lack resources…
TERRAMAZ or how to tackle the root causes of deforestation in the Amazon?
Signature of the agreement on 10/09/2020 at AFD, from left to right: Frédéric Appolin (Director of AVSF), Pierre-Emmanuel Leclercq (Deputy Director General of ONFi), Rémy Rioux (Director General of AFD), Marie-Gabrielle Piketty (Director of the TerrAmaz Project – CIRAD), Philippe Lacoste (Director of Sustainable…
Remote sensing
ONFI wishes to put technologic innovation at the service of forests. We have a team of highly skilled experts on remote sensing, able to analyse, process and produce cartographic data for the purpose of forest monitoring.
Climate
Thanks to its carbon sequestration potential and its rich biodiversity, the forest plays a major role in the fight against climate change. Promoting that role is one of ONFI´s key missions.
Territories
ONFI considers the forest as an integral part of each territory, of these territories´ players and challenges. ONFI teams operate at territorial scale, carrying out actions in many fields…
Forest management
ONFI puts ONF´s skills in matters of sustainable management at its partners´ disposal. ONFI provides support for public and private sectors in every aspect of forest management: inventories, forest management planning, forest monitoring, support for preparing and implementing certification.