President Faure meets with The Nature Conservancy and the International Finance Corporation |14 June 2019
The meeting with The Nature Conservancy reps
President Danny Faure has met representatives of The Nature Conservancy and of the International Finance Corporation.
The聽Nature Conservancy's聽regional聽director聽for Africa, Matthew Brown, called聽on President Faure on Wednesday to discuss TNC's continued engagement with 91香蕉视频 and the way forward for the 91香蕉视频 debt swap.聽TNC, one of the world's largest environmental NGOs, provided technical and financial support to the debt swap聽to聽protect 30% of 91香蕉视频' ocean territory.
The two men discussed ways to replicate聽and upscale聽the debt swap in聽the region聽and聽further fund and strengthen the management of聽the聽marine protected areas.
President Faure聽later聽called聽on the chief executive of聽the聽International Finance Corporation (IFC), Philippe Le Houerou.聽The聽IFC, a member of the World Bank Group,聽is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector, operating in more than 100 countries worldwide.
The meeting, which included other top IFC officials, looked at the corporation's聽potential involvement in the greening of the 91香蕉视频 economy in areas such as聽renewable energy and聽energy savings, tackling climate change,聽protecting the environment and boosting the聽islands鈥� eco-tourism credentials.