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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...
Potential Area Mapping for Mangrove Restoration in South Gujarat
Gujarat, India 13 Mar 2013
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Capacity Building ...
Mangroves are the most important ecological bio-shields for the coasts; they protect our coastlines, harbor unique biodiversity, support fisheries and protect coastal populations against storms, cyclones and tsunamis
Nukkad Natak (street theatre) and the mangroves of Kendrapara
Kendrapara, Orissa, India 13 Mar 2013
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Capacity development, Civil Society Engagement ...
The new wave of environmental challenges (such as cross-boundary water disputes, climate change, etc.) is not often easily addressed within the social, economic and cultural frameworks of coastal communities in India. One of the primary reasons for t...
MFF, UNEP launch Green Fins approach for Maldives and Viet Nam reefs
Puerto Galera, Philippines 12 Mar 2013
Country: Asia Region, Maldives, Viet Nam
Topic: Knowledge management and communications, Strategies for Management, Capacity Building ...
MFF and UNEP launch "Green Fins" as an approach to address threats posed by recreational scuba diving-related activities. The Green Fins approach works with dive centres to establish a network of educated dive operators and divers, to promote a set o...
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...
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 RSC pushing forward - 'Resilience, Climate Change and the Private Sector in Sustainable Coastal Management'.
Karachi, Pakistan 20 Nov 2012
Country: Pakistan
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Capacity Building, Community Resilence ...
The private sector is a major stakeholder in terms of coastal resource extraction and use in the form of food, oil and gas reserves, naval trade, and carbon storage. It is now becoming increasingly evident that business and private sector commitment ...
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...
India and Sri Lanka join hands in conserving the living resources of Gulf of Mannar
Colombo, Sri Lanka 28 Sep 2012
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Capacity Building ...
Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mannar provide many ecosystem goods and services, and these benefits are being compromised due to lack of information, awareness and inadequate policies. This issue gains more urgency as climate change will exacerbate thre...
MFF India Small Grant Mid-term Review
New Delhi, India 21 Sep 2012
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation ...
The small grant mid-term review is a useful mechanism through which the progress of projects is evaluated and reviewed by the MFF Secretariat, NCB members and MFF partners.