Climate Chance officially launches the “Biodiversity Corridors in Guinea” project

Launch event of the project “Biodiversity Corridors in Guinea”

This event is under the high patronage of the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the French Embassy in Guinea and Sierra Leone

With the support of:

Partners

With the support of the Guinean Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the Agence Française de Développement, the project aims to create and maintain a corridor from the North to the South of Guinea, with local development issues at stake. The project is supported by a multi-actor and cross-cutting partnership with Biotope, Ecoact, Guinée Ecologie, Matthieu Wemaere and Wild Chimpanzee Foundation.

The three-year “Guinea” project aims to create, maintain or renovate a corridor running from the north to the south of the country and involving strong local development issues. Its objective is to set up a replicable methodology, both in Guinea and on the entire African continent, allowing for a mapping of the corridor and a mapping of all the actors, the implementation of field actions and the mobilisation of innovative financing, notably backed by carbon-biodiversity credits.

The objective is to develop a replicable methodology for mapping the corridor, involving all stakeholders, implementing actions on the ground and mobilising innovative financing, including carbon-biodiversity credits.

Speakers

• Anne Raimat, Biodiversity Director, Climate Chance Association

• Ronan Dantec, Senator of Loire Atlantique, President of the Climate Chance Association

• Marc Fonbaustier, Ambassador of France to Guinea

• Safiatou Diallo, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development

• Marine Marc, Branch Manager Biotope Guinea, Biotope Company

• Flora Martins, Forestry Project Manager, Ecoact

The objectives of this launch event are:

➡️To share the project’s expectations: objectives, timetable, resources
➡️ To publicise the project and make it known
➡️To boost coordination and collaboration between all stakeholders

When? Friday 19 May 2023 from 9:00 to 12:30 Conakry time
Event by invitation only.

📍Read more about the International Coalition “Biodiversity Corridors in Africa”.

Agenda of the event:

9:00-9:30: Welcome of participants
9:30-10:15: Introductory speeches

• Ronan Dantec, Senator of Loire Atlantique, President of the Climate Chance Association
• Marc Fonbaustier, French Ambassador to Guinea
• Safiatou Diallo, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development
• Round table presentation of the participants

10.15 – 11.00: Presentation of the project’s objectives and expectations by Climate Chance and its partners
partners: Biotope company, EcoAct.

11.00am- 11.45am : exchanges with the audience
11:45-12:00: closing ceremony

• Ronan Dantec, Senator of Loire Atlantique, President of Climate Chance
• Safiatou Diallo, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development

12:00-12:30: time for exchange with the press