HOW TO APPLY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD !
The call for applications is open! Submit your application before November 30, 2024 :
Launched in 2019, the International Terre de Femmes Award is a thematic prize open to all women worldwide. It rewards on-the-ground actions carried out by a woman or a group of women within a non-profit organization.
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- Are you an adult woman (or a group of women) committed to insect conservation?
- Does your project have a strong environmental AND social impact (involvement of local communities) in safeguarding coastal areas?
- Is your organization an NGO, association or foundation?
Coastal ecosystems: dynamic environments between land and sea
Coastal ecosystems include mangroves, coral reefs, estuaries and salt marshes… Essential transition zones, they provide vital ecosystem services, such as protecting coasts from erosion, filtering pollutants, sequestering carbon and maintaining marine biodiversity. Despite their importance, they are under serious threat from urbanization, pollution, overfishing, climate change and rising sea levels.
By rewarding the project of a woman or a group of women committed to coastal ecosystems, the Yves Rocher Foundation supports their preservation and encourages the resilience of coastal communities in the face of global change.
Coastal areas, natural spaces in danger
- 20% of the world’s land surface is coastal.
- Mangroves: These cover around 137,760 km² worldwide, but lost 35% of their total surface area between 1980 and 200
- Coral reefs More than 500 million people depend on coral reefs for their livelhood. However, around 50% of the world’s coral reefs are already dead or severely degraded.
- Coastal wetlands: Coastal wetlands have declined by 50% since 1900, due to anthropogenic pressure and climate change.
- Sea-level rise: By 2100, sea levels could rise by between 0.6 and 1.1 meters, directly threatening 680 million people living in coastal areas.
Discover also the project of our winner of the Prix Terre de Femmes International 2024 Elena Chaboteaux and of our Special Mention Maëva Leroy
Find out more about our Terre de Femme click here
SOURCES
Ketchum, B. H. (Ed.). (1983). Estuaries and enclosed seas. Elsevier.
FAO. (2007). The World’s Mangroves 1980-2005. FAO Forestry Paper 153.
IPCC. (2019). Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.
