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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...
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...
Conserving mangroves for otters
Phuket, Thailand 23 Mar 2013
Country: Thailand
Topic: Strategies for Management, Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance
Phuket in Thailand has become a popular destination for tourists but its rapid growth of urbanization has led to the loss of its mangrove areas. Since the 1980s one third of mangroves in Phuket have been lost due to urbanization and conversion of coa...
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 ...
Sharing Lessons in Mangrove Restoration
Mamallapuram, Chennai, India 30 Aug 2012
Country: Asia Region, India, Indonesia, Seychelles, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Bangladesh
Topic: Knowledge management and communications
"No mangrove, no crab" will strike a familiar chord with mangrove enthusiasts everywhere not only because it sounds like a Bob Marley ditty, but because it alludes to a popular economic benefit of mangrove ecosystems. Professor K Kathiresan of Annam...
Champions of the coasts: MFF grantees unite voices for coastal conservation
Bangkok, Thailand 31 Jul 2012
Country: Thailand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Asia Region
Topic: Knowledge management and communications, Civil Society Engagement
People and individuals are at the heart of any successful environment conservation activity, and MFF emphasizes on this fact in the way it works. Recently, in Pakistan, a MFF Small Grant Facility project grantee was recognized by the United Nations E...
International Conference on The Roles of Learned Societies in Improving the Quality of Life in the Context of Globalization
Bangkok, Thailand 26 Jul 2012
Country: Thailand, Asia Region
Topic: Strategies for Management, Knowledge for Management, Civil Society Engagement
The Royal Institute of Thailand organized an International Conference on The Roles of Learned Societies in Improving the Quality of Life in the Context of Globalization for the Celebrations on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King of Thaila...
Biosphere reserve, Coastal Protection&Community-based Mangrove Management in Thailand
Phang Nga, Thailand 12 Mar 2012
Country: Thailand
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Reef to Ridge, Capacity development
Follow the learning journey along the coasts of Thailand with 15 officials from Sri Lanka in March 2012 and 17 officials from Kiang Giang Province, Vietnam in June 2012. Community based organizations in Phuket, Phang Nga, Ranong provinces and Departm...