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MFF and Wetlands International renew Indonesia programme
Jakarta, Indonesia 31 Oct 2013
Country: Asia Region, Indonesia
Topic: Community Resilence, Financing Coastal Conservation, Sustainable Livelihoods
Mangroves for the Future, with the National Coordinating Body of Indonesia, witnessed the signing of a new agreement with Wetlands International (WI) - Indonesia Programme that kicks off new small grant facility projects in the country.
Planting, protecting, and sharing: three indispensable links in mangroves conservation
Ha Noi, Viet Nam 17 Jul 2013
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Community Resilence, Sustainable Business Practices ...
Training and raising awareness for local community will not be enough to make them protect mangroves and environment. The story below has shown that only when the local people are benefited from nature conservation, they will be willing to protect en...
Stopping charcoal production in Mui Ca Mau National Park: work without end
Ha Noi, Viet Nam 11 Jul 2013
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence, Sustainable Livelihoods
How to protect mangrove conservation from charcoal production if we cannot secure alternative livelihoods for the landless local households ?
MFF small grant gives 'a sense of importance' to families in Naguleliya Village, Sri Lanka
Naguleliya, Chilaw 01 Jul 2013
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Civil Society Engagement
MFF small grant gives 'a sense of importance' to families in Naguleliya Village, Sri Lanka
Working with fisherwomen in Xuan Thuy National Park
Bangkok, Thailand 01 Apr 2013
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Coastal Governance, 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 ...
Women in Bhitarkanika join the crusade to save mangroves!
Orissa, India 22 Mar 2013
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Civil Society Engagement, Capacity Building ...
The Bhitarkanika mangrove sanctuary is the life force for the majority of coastal communities living in the Kendrapara district of Orissa, India. Although the sanctuary serves to protect fundamental ecosystem services and diversity, several communiti...
Reintroduction of traditional crab traps increases income of fishers in Kokilai Lagoon, Sri Lanka
Kokilai, Sri Lanka 22 Mar 2013
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Sustainable Business Practices
Use of traditional traps have reduced wastage of fishery resources and by-catch. Selective harvest facilitated by traps enables the fishermen to throw the under-weight and gravid crabs back to the lagoon.
Aloe vera: the wonder plant to save Puttalam Lagoon
Kalpitiya (Puttalam district), Sri Lanka 24 Feb 2013
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Sustainable Business Practices, Gender equality
This article has been previously published in Sunday Times on 24 February 2013. The author is Dr Sriyanie Miththapala, Consultant to IUCN Sri Lanka
Promoting sustainable feed and biofuel production in community conserved mangroves areas (Orissa, India)
Orissa, India 31 Jan 2013
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Civil Society Engagement ...
Livestock has long been a mainstay from several coastal communities in Orissa. However, the unregulated browsing of ungulates including goats, cows and buffaloes has taken its toll on the state’s coastal grasslands, commonly associated with mangroves...
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...