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International Youth Day: Sowing the seeds for a green future
Asia 12 Aug 2017
Country: Asia Region, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Civil Society Engagement ...
Photo story: For International Youth Day, IUCN Asia is highlighting the contribution of young people - from toddlers to young adults - who are standing up for nature.
How mangroves got their roots back in East Java
Situbondo Regency, East Java, Indonesia 26 Jul 2017
Country: Indonesia
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Climate change ...
Clean air and food on the table. For World Mangroves Day, we're highlighting the ways mangroves offer sustainable solutions to those communities whose livelihoods depend on the resources provided by a resilient coast.
IUCN Statement at The Ocean Conference Plenary
New York, USA 16 Jun 2017
Country: Global
Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance
This statement, delivered by Dr Cyriaque Sendashonga, IUCN’s Global Director of Policy and Programme at the United Nations Ocean Conference that took place in New York from 5 to 9 June, stresses on the need to address six priority areas to achieve SD...
Is the tide turning for oceans?
08 Jun 2017
Country: Asia Region, Pakistan
Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance, Marine Protected Areas
This opinion editorial, authored by Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director for IUCN Asia, highlights how establishing marine protected areas could be a key means of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and curbing climate impacts.
MFF @ The Ocean Conference
New York, USA 05 Jun 2017
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Global, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Climate change, Integrated Coastal Planning, Marine Protected Areas
The Ocean Conference is a high-level United Nations Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14. At the event, IUCN, MFF and the world community will come together to discuss innovative ways to conserve and sustainably...
Simple solutions for a complex problem
Colombo, Sri Lanka 21 May 2017
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Climate change, Community Resilence
Water resource management interventions in Delft Island published in the Sunday Times of 21.5.2017.
Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction
Maldives 22 Feb 2017
Country: Maldives
Topic: Climate change
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, February 2, Abdulla Adam, Maldives’ National Coordinator for the Mangroves for the Future programme (MFF), talks about the priceless value of wetland ecosystems, such as their function as a natural barrier again...
A look back at 2016: Coastal conservation in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand 31 Jan 2017
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Civil Society Engagement ...
Through Mangroves for the Future (MFF), coastal conservation in Asia will enter the new year with renewed optimism after making significant progress towards sustainable development in 2016.
Learnings on climate change adaptation in the Bay of Bengal documented in new book
Bangkok, Thailand 16 Jan 2017
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh
Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance, Community Resilence
Recently, seven climate change specialists from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand came together and wrote seven chapters for a book entitled “Climate Change in the Bay of Bengal Region: Exploring Sectoral Cooperation f...
Nature: the decisive solution for the climate change crisis
Bangkok, Thailand 11 Jan 2017
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity development, Climate change, Coastal Governance ...
This blog, published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News, highlights how MFF harnesses the natural functions of ecosystems and women’s strength in resource management to bring about better solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation.