Biodiversity Conservation And Restoration

For millennia, nature has provided humans with everything they need to live at no cost: water, food, medicine, clothes, but also safety, well-being, leisure and much much more. Though we may not be conscious of it, biodiversity thus provides us with a multitude of benefits on a daily basis that we now refer to as ecosystem services. Each of these services are based on a fragile balance and underlying interactions between species and ecosystems. Scientists estimate that 60% of services provided by nature are already degraded or used unsustainably.

CHALLENGES

Pollution, deforestation, overfishing, intensive agriculture, habitat destruction, poaching, climate change… the reasons behind the erosion of our natural heritage are manifold.

Biodiversity is currently disappearing at 1,000 times the natural rate of extinction. This process is so accelerated that ecosystems are incapable of adapting. Out of the 87,967 species studied by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 25,062 species are currently threatened with extinction. According to scientists, at this rate, one quarter of living species could be extinct by 2050. What’s more, every year, between 13 and 15 million hectares of forest disappear. Yet out of the planet’s forests affected by deforestation, it is tropical forests that are impacted to the largest extent, despite the fact that they are home to 50% of the world’s known species of marine fauna and flora, including 80% of insects and 90% of primates.

Since 2006, the Action Carbon Solidaire Programme has supported various biodiversity conservation and restoration projects. These projects cover forest ecosystems and coastal and marine ecosystems in conjunction with the programme Time for the Planet.

IMPACTS

Since 2006, thanks to the Action Carbone Solidaire programme:

  • In France, the Choisy-le-Roi harbour basin has been redeveloped, biodiversity has increased and the site has become a public activity venue, particularly for schools.
  • In Colombia, 282 hectares of ancestral land have been returned to the Kogi Indians.
  • In Indonesia, in partnership with Omega, 100 hectares of mangroves have been restored. Learn about the mangrove restoration project in Tanakeke

9 Projects

In need of funding

Femme dans le bolong de Falia

Preserving biodiversity in the Saloum Delta in Senegal

  • women farmers
  • indirect beneficiaries
  • oyster and mussel farming perimeters

This project is part of a desire to preserve the wetlands of the Saloum Delta by conserving the mangroves and shellfish resources. It also aims to support female entrepreneurship by supporting 8 groups of women in 3 communities to develop […]

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Ongoing

Baie de Ranobe vue du ciel, plage et bateau, dans un récif corallien à Madagascar

Coral reef restoration for coastal resilience in Madagascar

  • ha of artificial reefs built
  • youth groups mobilized
  • ha of mangrove and wetland protected

Coral reefs and coastal ecosystems are home to 25% of the world’s marine life (WWF, 2022). Communities in tropical developing countries – including Madagascar – depend on these natural resources. Coral reefs are an abundant source of marine food and […]

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Time for the planet

Mangrove Rehabilitation In Tanakeke

  • beneficiaries (villagers, inhabitants, scientists)
  • hectares of mangrove forests rehabilitated
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Kogis dans la montagne (c) Tchendukua
Kogis dans la montagne © Tchendukua

Forest Regeneration In Colombia

  • hectares returned
  • Kogi Indians

Since 1997, in an effort to curb the destruction of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the association Tchendukua Ici et Ailleurs has undertaken the acquisition and restitution of land to the Kagaba indigenous communities (Kogi), considered the best placed […]

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Ecoexist – Human-Elephant Coexistence

  • direct beneficiaries
  • , indirect beneficiaries

This project aims to address the underlying causes of human-elephant conflicts in the three villages of Tobera, Kapatura and Tobera 4 in the Okavango Panhandle region of northwest Botswana.

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Finalized

Printemps à la Darse (c) Natali Tostes
Printemps à la Darse © Natali Tostes

Biodiversity Restoration in the Choisy-Le-Roi Harbour Basin

  • plant species identified

The Coulée Verte du Val-de-Seine greenbelt project is a participatory, educational, ecological and experimental project led by Au Fil de l’Eau, a social economy association, and the GoodPlanet Foundation. Situated in a rapidly developing area, the Coulée Verte is the […]

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Marine And Coastal Ecosystem Conservation In Mauritius

  • direct beneficiaries
  •  ha of marine protected areas
  •  ha of conservation areas identified

Coastal coral reefs and ecosystems are currently endangered in many of the world’s regions. Although they take several years to form and develop, it takes only seconds for them to die. This project aims to contribute towards protecting maritime and […]

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Mangroves du village de Bahoi-Indonésie (3) carre ACS

Marine Protected Areas In Bahoi

  • , beneficiaries in the villages of Bahoi, Talise, Lihunu, Serei, Kinabuhutan and Kahuku

This project aimed to strengthen the protection of ecosystems through the reinforcement, expansion and creation of community-based marine protected areas in North Sulawesi thanks to a participatory approach involving local communities.

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Projet de cohabitation Homme / Elephants au Botswana
Projet de cohabitation Homme / Elephants au Botswana

Elephant For Africa – Human-Elephant Coexistence

  • direct beneficiaries
  • indirect beneficiaries

This project aims to improve Human-Elephant coexistence in the Boteti River region of Botswana.

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