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Canal re-excavation leads to better adaptation
Munshiganj, Satkhira, Bangladesh 22 Mar 2013
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Community Resilence
A small initiative to revive a freshwater canal of Jelekhali village resulted in community empowerment and increased food security. A model case from Bangladesh to be replicated for ecosystem based adaptation in the coastal context.
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...
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...
Buddhist community participation in mangrove conservation in Tien Giang Province
Tien Giang Province, Vietnam 19 Jan 2013
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence, Civil Society Engagement, Climate change ...
Love of nature is fundamental to Buddhism and the mutual interaction between humans and ecosystems is enshrined in its teachings. Trees or plants are considered living beings that no Buddhist should cut or damage.
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...
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.
MFF at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
Jeju, South Korea 06 Sep 2012
Country: Asia Region, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Pakistan, Maldives, Viet Nam, Bangladesh
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Knowledge management and communications, Coastal Governance ...
Building coastal resilience is a significant component of Integrated Coastal Zone Management throughout the world and one that MFF has had significant experience with throughout the Asian region. On 7 September 2012, more than 40 people from varying ...