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Mangroves For The Future – Contributing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Bangkok, Thailand 26 Jul 2016
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Climate change, Community Resilence ...
To celebrate International Mangroves Day, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) has released a multimedia story showcasing its achievements and efforts across 11 countries towards achieving the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG...
Blog: Can science benefit both mud crabs and local fishers in the Sundarban?
Bangladesh 04 Jul 2016
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance, Integrated Coastal Planning ...
A blog posted recently by Mahatub Khan Badhon, a research assistant at IUCN Bangladesh, demonstrates the crucial role science can play in the sustainable management of mud crabs in the Sundarban, Bangladesh. The case presented in the blog draws on a ...
Empowering women for community and ecosystem resilience
Shyamnagar, Satkhira District, Bangladesh 20 Jun 2016
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Coastal Governance ...
The Mangroves for the Future Small Grants Facility (MFF SGF) enabled NGO Nabolok Parishad to help local women like Promila Rani establish and run community enterprises that provide alternative and sustainable livelihood.
Gender Equality in Development Cooperation
Bangkok, Thailand 31 Mar 2016
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Gender equality
SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) - an MFF institutional partner, recently published a series of stories highlighting the importance of gender equality in development cooperation. One of the articles titled "Reducing the ‘in...
Conservationists and experts urge for environmental management of navigation and reduction of pollution in the Sundarban waters
Dhaka, Bangladesh 08 Dec 2015
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance, Integrated Coastal Planning ...
Regular spillage of oils, release of ballast and bilge water from vessels navigating through the Sundarban and increasing industrial development requires sincere attention to be brought under environmental management, in addition to a contingency pla...
Reducing the 'invisible work load' by access to safe drinking water
Kultoli village, Munshiganj, Shyamnagar, Satkhira, Bangladesh 02 Jul 2015
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Community Resilence, Gender equality
An increase in shrimp farming and high levels of salinity in the Chuna River are the prime causes of a scarcity of fresh water for consumption in Kultoli village, Shyamnagar, Bangladesh. Existing freshwater ponds had become shallow and salinity had i...
Creating space for gender responsive programming
Bangkok, Thailand 20 Feb 2015
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Gender equality
On 19-20 February, MFF, with its Gender Advisory Panel, and senior management of IUCN discussed ways to strengthen gender responsive programming across the organization, including identifying gender action plans at regional and national levels.
কৃষকেরা প্রদর্শন করলেন লবণাক্ততা বৃদ্ধির সাথে অভিযোজনের কৌশল
শ্যামনগর, সাতক্ষীরা, বাংলাদেশ। 20 Nov 2014
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Community Resilence
জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন এর সাথে টিকে থাকার কৌশল অবলম্বন করে কৃষকের উদ্ভাবনী নিয়ে বেসরকারি সংস্থা লিডার্স, বুড়িগোয়ালিনী ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ ও তিনটি কৃষক সংগঠনের আয়োজনে ২০ নভেম্বর দিনব্যাপী কৃষি উদ্ভাবনী মেলা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে সাতক্ষীরার শ্যামনগর উপজেলার বুড়িগোয়ালীনি ইউ...
Ecosystems across Borders: MFF at the World Parks Congress 2014
Sydney, Australia 18 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence, Reef to Ridge, Strategies for Management
MFF recently took part in the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, an event that takes place only once every 10 years, and which focuses on conservation and management of the world's Protected Areas. More than 5,000 people gathered to atte...
World Parks Congress called to Protect, Restore and Expand Mangroves
Sydney, Australia 17 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence, Strategies for Management
As part of the 2014 World Parks Congress in Sydney, a Call to Action Statement on mangrove protected areas was presented November 17 by the IUCN Mangrove Specialist Group. The Statement recognises that protected areas are a vital tool for conserving ...