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Less is more: Climate-smart agricultural techniques maximise income and land productivity

Badadiya, Odisha, India 16 May 2018

Country: India

Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Community Resilence, Sustainable Livelihoods

In Badadiya village in Odisha, India, agriculture generates little income – yet many households are forced to rely on it for lack of viable alternatives. Most of the land in the area is being converted to prawn farms, and the damage to the environmen...    

Nijhum Dwip in Bangladesh: Loud voices for the “quiet island” on World Wetlands Day

Nijhum Dwip, Bangladesh 21 Mar 2018

Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh

Topic: Capacity development, Climate change, Community Resilence ...

To celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2, IUCN, MFF, and USAID, in collaboration with ECOFISH, WorldFish and the “Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods” project, organised a number of activities in Nijhum Dwip to highlight the importance ...    

Regional conference sheds light on pressing marine environmental issues in Asia

Bangkok, Thailand 04 Feb 2018

Country: Asia Region

Topic: Marine Protected Areas, Capacity development, Community Resilence ...

Sewing and candle-making: Empowering the women of Keti Bandar

Keti Bandar, Sindh Province, Pakistan 16 Jan 2018

Country: Pakistan

Topic: Capacity Building, Coastal Governance, Capacity development ...

Certified organic: A new prawn paradigm in Bangladesh

Shyamnagar, Bangladesh 07 Dec 2017

Country: Bangladesh

Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance ...

In Shyamnagar, Bangladesh, approximately 17,000 hectares of land (nearly the area of Washington D.C.) are being used for shrimp cultivation.    

New farming methods secure livelihoods of communities in India

Udayan, Odisha, India 11 Sep 2017

Country: India

Topic: Capacity development, Community Resilence, Financing Coastal Conservation ...

Pampa Dolui is from Udayan, a small village among the mangroves of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha, India. Her early childhood memories are of her family’s rice paddy fields and clear water ponds. As a 15-year-old, Pampa also experienced the dev...    

Nature Lovers return mangroves to Pulau Dua

Pulau Dua, Indonesia 28 Aug 2017

Country: Indonesia

Topic: Coastal Governance, Community Resilence, Integrated Coastal Planning ...

Well-known for its importance as a breeding site for water birds, Pulau Dua was established as a nature reserve in 1937. Unfortunately, in recent decades, much of Pulau Dua’s mangroves were cleared for shrimp farms. With coasts deteriorated, fish th...    

Piloting aquaculture in the Gulf of Mannar

Vankalai, Mannar, Sri Lanka 16 Aug 2017

Country: Sri Lanka

Topic: Coastal Governance, Community Resilence, Integrated Coastal Planning

As the Mannar region in Sri Lanka recovers from recent conflict, MFF is working with people and organisations to improve resilience through alternative livelihoods such as tourism and aquaculture. Nirooparaj Balachandran, an officer for the National ...    

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.