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New regional Gender Advisory Panel to advance gender strategy in MFF
Bangkok, Thailand 27 Aug 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Gender equality
On August 27 MFF convened a meeting of gender practice leaders and IUCN senior managers at the IUCN Asia Regional Office, for an initial discussion on the establishment of a regional Gender Advisory Panel for MFF and for IUCN Asia, endorsing the impo...
4th Integrated Coastal Management course kickstarts new learning opportunities for Asia coastal managers
Bangkok, Thailand 18 Aug 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Knowledge for Management
The postgraduate certificate course on Integrated Coastal Management introduces the concept, principles, process and tools of ICM, and provides an opportunity to learn from integrated coastal management programs and experiences from around the world ...
Launch of New Funding for Mangroves for the Future
Bangkok, Thailand 10 Jun 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Global, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Financing Coastal Conservation, Integrated Coastal Planning
IUCN, UNDP and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) today announced the launch of the third phase of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) regional initiative with new funding from Sida. The new phase will run from 2014-2018 a...
MFF-UNEP regional project Green Fins goes digital
Asia Region 03 Feb 2014
Topic: Marine Protected Areas
MFF regional project in Maldives and Viet Nam get spotlight as Green Fins launches www.greenfins.net, a new digital platform featuring best practice in diving industry, and the Top 10 best dive operators applying the Green Fins approach.
Coastal erosion, small islands, and responsible diving on regional MFF spotlight
Bangkok, Thailand 24 Oct 2013
Country: Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Coastal Governance, Community Resilence, Marine Protected Areas
Regional Grant Facility projects being implemented by MFF institutional partner United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to produce a new set of information material to shed more light about ecosystem-based approaches related to small islands gove...
Protecting Asia’s Coasts for People and Nature : Viet Nam hosts 10th MFF regional meeting with focus on building community resilience
Hoi An, Viet Nam 11 Sep 2013
Country: India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Asia Region
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Coastal Governance ...
The 10th Regional Steering Committee of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) initiative was held in Hoi An, Da Nang province, with representatives from the nine member countries convening to discuss efforts to protect coastal regions for people and for...
MFF, UNEP launch Green Fins approach for Maldives and Viet Nam reefs
Puerto Galera, Philippines 12 Mar 2013
Country: Asia Region, Maldives, Viet Nam
Topic: Knowledge management and communications, Strategies for Management, Capacity Building ...
MFF and UNEP launch "Green Fins" as an approach to address threats posed by recreational scuba diving-related activities. The Green Fins approach works with dive centres to establish a network of educated dive operators and divers, to promote a set o...
3rd Postgraduate Certificate Course on Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) launched
Bangkok, Thailand 22 Jan 2013
Country: India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Asia Region
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation ...
The 3rd Postgraduate Certificate Course on Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) was launched at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok on Monday. The participants are being trained under the partnership initiative of MFF, BOBLEME and AIT.
MFF at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
Jeju, South Korea 06 Sep 2012
Country: Asia Region, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Pakistan, Maldives, Viet Nam, Bangladesh
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Knowledge management and communications, Coastal Governance ...
Building coastal resilience is a significant component of Integrated Coastal Zone Management throughout the world and one that MFF has had significant experience with throughout the Asian region. On 7 September 2012, more than 40 people from varying ...