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Regional partners endorse ecosystem approach to fisheries management
Kerala, India 27 Oct 2013
Country: Asia Region, India
Topic: Coastal Governance, Integrated Coastal Planning, Marine Protected Areas
Mangroves for the Future (MFF) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, convened a Regional Fisheries Symposium at Kochi in the southern coastal state of Kerala, India between the 27-30 October 2013, in partnership with the B...
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...
Supporting a sanctuary for seagrasses in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay.
Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, Tamil Nadu, India 16 Sep 2013
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Civil Society Engagement ...
Seagrasses are amongst the least understood marine ecosystems in India. Despite being classified as ecologically sensitive regions and protected under the Coastal Regulation Zone Act, they have been largely left out of education, research, and manage...
Sea Turtles celebrated in Seychelles Festival
Beau Vallon, Island of Mahe, Seychelles 09 Aug 2013
Country: Seychelles
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Marine Protected Areas
The Global Vision International (GVI) and the Marine Conservation Society of Seychelles (MCSS) along with some local NGO and Government Ministry partners organized a ‘Seychelles Sea Turtle Festival’ on August 9-10, 2013. The Seychelles marine sea tur...
Working with fisherwomen in Xuan Thuy National Park
Xuan Thuy National Park, Viet Nam 22 Mar 2013
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Capacity Building, Community Resilence ...
Every day, hundreds of local fisherwomen enter the mangrove forest in Xuan Thuy National Park to collect shells, mollusks, crabs, and other aquatic products. Although the law prohibits any kind of resource extraction in the core zone, the poor women...
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 India kick-starts new set of small grant projects
India 01 Jan 2013
Country: India
Topic: Strategies for Management, Marine Protected Areas, Knowledge management and communications ...
Following hot on the heels of the success of cycle II of the small grants facility, MFF India has initiated its third cycle of small grant projects. The selection process was intensive, with the National Coordination Body (NCB) India, chaired by the...
9th MFF Regional Steering Committee meeting emphasizes enhanced regional cooperation- Bangladesh inducted as the 9th MFF member country.
Karachi, Pakistan 18 Nov 2012
Country: Asia Region, Global
Topic: Strategies for Management, Knowledge for Management, Reef to Ridge ...
The 9th Regional Steering Committee of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) initiative was held in Karachi, Pakistan from 18 - 22 November 2012. Representatives of the eight MFF member countries, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri La...
Coast Action Start-up meeting held in Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka 25 Oct 2012
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Private sector partnerships, Marine Protected Areas
The first in the series of start up meetings of Coast Action was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in October 2012 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel attended by 20 interested company representatives from the five priority business sectors that have an impact on t...
MFF at the CBD COP 11. Focus on need for collaborative efforts to conserve sea grass beds in the Gulf of Mannar.
Hyderabad, India 22 Oct 2012
Country: India, Sri Lanka, Asia Region
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Marine Protected Areas, Strategies for Management
At a COP11 MFF side event on October 16, researchers and audience comprising experts from various disciplines discussed on the current situation of sea grass beds in the Gulf of Mannar, their survival and long term strategies needed to conserve them...