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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.
Community Conservation in the Indian Sundarbans
New Delhi, India 26 May 2017
Country: India
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance, Community Resilence ...
In April 2017, Springer Journals published a special edition on Wetland Science: Perspectives from South Asia. IUCN, in partnership with the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR), Government of West Bengal, contributed a chapter on Participatory Wetland...
Bangladesh celebrates biodiversity and tourism
Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 May 2017
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Capacity development, Coastal Governance, Economic Valuation ...
A well-managed ecosystem provides an important foundation for many aspects of tourism. Tourism revenue, in turn, can contribute to the maintenance, protection and conservation of key wildlife populations – which is why the theme of this year’s Intern...
Faresmaathoda - From dumpsites to roads and parks
Bangkok, Thailand 29 Mar 2017
Country: Maldives
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance ...
Ukulhas: From exemplary waste management to innovative farming
Maldives 24 Mar 2017
Country: Maldives
Topic: Capacity development, Coastal Governance, Gender equality
More mangroves, less smoke: Enhancing resilience of coastal ecosystems and communities in Cox’s Bazar
Bangkok, Thailand 02 Feb 2017
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Coastal Governance, Community Resilence, Sustainable Business Practices ...
Bangladesh is situated in one of the largest river deltas in the world and is highly vulnerable to the steadily increasing effects of climate change. Low-lying coastal areas like Cox’s Bazar, in particular, are most at risk, due to tropical cyclones ...
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.
IUCN and ACB collaboration to boost ASEAN’s conservation efforts
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 26 Oct 2016
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh
Topic: Coastal Governance
IUCN and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) are strengthening ties to support ASEAN countries in achieving their biodiversity targets through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).