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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.
Queens of bees
Tien Lan District, Viet Nam 21 Dec 2016
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity development, Community Resilence, Sustainable Livelihoods
More than half the 155,000 population in Tien Lan District, Viet Nam are women who derive incomes mainly from agriculture and aquaculture. Past practices – especially the clearing of mangroves for shrimp farming – have lowered the resilience of coast...
Social Empowerment: Foundation for effective governance of natural resources
19 Oct 2016
Country: Asia Region
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Community Resilence, Gender equality
More than 400,000 people living near the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh depend on forests for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, the health, wellbeing and quality of life of these people are often affected by recurring cyclones and p...
Farmed fish: a nature based solution for increased resilience
Andhra Pradesh, India 04 Oct 2016
Country: India
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Community Resilence ...
In 2007, IUCN and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) partnered through the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) initiative to address a critical need. Across the east coast of India, abandoned land stand testament to unsustainable aquaculture pra...
Nature for all: Converging to save the planet
Bangkok, Thailand 20 Sep 2016
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance, Community Resilence
IUCN and Oxfam collaborate to enhance gender integration in the lower Mekong
Phnom Penh, Cambodia 16 Aug 2016
Country: Cambodia
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Community Resilence ...
Gender integration in water governance policies received a boost in the Lower Mekong Region through a recent workshop co-organised by Oxfam and IUCN. Held from July 11 to 12 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the workshop provided a platform for knowledge-shar...
Mangroves For The Future – Contributing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Bangkok, Thailand 26 Jul 2016
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Climate change, Community Resilence ...
To celebrate International Mangroves Day, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) has released a multimedia story showcasing its achievements and efforts across 11 countries towards achieving the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG...
Gender Equity And Participatory Development: Portrait Of A Pioneer
Indonesia 22 Jul 2016
Country: Indonesia
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Coastal Governance ...
In the volcano-studded island of Java, the fourth largest island in Indonesia, one woman stands at the forefront of efforts to mainstream participatory development and gender into conservation.
In the third of a series of stories celebrating and...
Jaffna: Building back better with value-added research
Colombo, Sri Lanka 17 Jul 2016
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Community Resilence, Sustainable Business Practices
The three-decade long civil conflict in Jaffna severely impinged on the daily lives of the communities who lived on the peninsula. Although education at all levels continued despite the adversities, biological field research suffered and stalled for ...
Empowering women for community and ecosystem resilience
Shyamnagar, Satkhira District, Bangladesh 20 Jun 2016
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Coastal Governance ...
The Mangroves for the Future Small Grants Facility (MFF SGF) enabled NGO Nabolok Parishad to help local women like Promila Rani establish and run community enterprises that provide alternative and sustainable livelihood.