Sustainable development

"A new world is coming. Many of us won't be here to see it. But when all is still, if listen very carefully, I can hear it breathing already" Arundhati Roy

Climate change, depletion of natural resources, destruction of ecosystems, deforestation, breakdown of food supplies, reduction in the amount of agricultural land... This area of intervention is given over to financing alternative solutions : renewable energy, protecting biodiversity, rational use of natural resources, sustainable agriculture, alternative methods of waste management, etc.

The Fondation issues a request for proposals " desertification, poverty and food hygiene".
For more information, visit the page News .

Examples of sponsored programmes

amongst the programmes "sustainable development" that have been supported since the Foundation was set up

Oceanium Sénégal
Development of a protected community - run marine area

CFI Cambodge
Community forest management

Geres Inde
Activities generating income by means of renewable energies

Bolivia Inti   Peru
Fighting poverty by the introduction of solar cookers

Conservation International Madagascar
Protecting biodiversity

Medecine de la Nature Cambodia
Renewed emphasis on traditional materia medica

 

For applications for
financing under 
30 000 €
the sélection criteria can
be found in

small grants funds
selection criteria

Deadline for submitting
3 pages form : 02/28/08

For projects eligible for
Programmes Funds
the selection criteria
can be found in

programmes
selection criteria

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