MFF in the news

UN Oceans Conference

These articles give a detailed account of the World Oceans Conference Partnership dialogue involving IUCN and give credit to MFF's unique 'resilience approach'.

• Public Now
  United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (7 June)
  
  
• Africa Newswire
  Speakers Underline Urgency of Expanding Protected Coastal Areas, Tackling Sea Acidification, as United Nations Ocean Conference Continues (7 June)
  
  

World Oceans Day

This op-ed, by-lined by IUCN Regional Director Aban Marker Kabraji for World Oceans Day, was published by several global and Asian national news agencies. It refers to the strategic value of MFF's partnership-based, local-level focus and highlights two MFF projects: strengthening the Cu Lao Cham MPA in Viet Nam and catalysing the designation of Astola Island as Pakistan's first MPA.

• Thomson Reuters
  Is the tide turning for oceans? (7 June)
  
  
• Eco-Business
  Turning the tide on ocean destruction (8 June)
  
  
• Al Jazeera English
  World Oceans Day: "Our oceans, our future" (8 June)
  
  
• Rocketnews
  World Oceans Day: “Our oceans, our future” (8 June)
  
  
• Viet Nam News
  Making our oceans really great again (9 June)
  
  
• VietNamNet Bridge
  Turning Tides (9 June)
  
  
• Tuoi Tre News
  IUCN-backed initiative to improve Vietnam’s Cu Lao Cham Island ecosystem (10 June)
  
  
• The News International
  World Oceans Day (12 June)

Astola Island declared MPA

These articles give a brief overview of MFF's involvement in designating Astola Island as an MPA.

• Daily Times
  Astola Island declared Pakistan’s First Ever Marine Protected Area (15 June)
  
  
• Pakistan Point
  Conservationist Appreciates Astola Island's Declaration As Protected Area (15 June)
  
  
• Dawn
  Astola island declared country’s first marine protected area (16 June)
  
  
• Pakistan Press International
  Astola Island – Pakistan’s First Ever Marine Protected Area Declared (16 June)
  
  
• Pak Tribune
  Astola Island declared as Pakistan’s first ever MPA (16 June)
  
  
• Associated Press of Pakistan
  Pakistan largest offshore island declared as MPA (16 June)
  
  
• ARY News
  Astola Island declared as Pakistan’s first marine protected area (16 June)
  
  
• Business Recorder
  Zahid lauds declaration of Astola Island a marine protected area (16 June)
  
  
• Pakistan Today
  Pakistan’s largest offshore island declared marine protected area (16 June)
  
  
• The Nation
  Declaring Astola Island marine-protected area lauded (16 June)

Other News

• The Sunday Times
  Yala National Park a mess due to political meddling (4 June)
  This article, for which MFF Programme Manager Maeve Nightingale provides several quotes, describes the 'Biodiversity and sustainable tourism' event in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  
  
• The Nation
  A healthier planet (5 June)
  This article mentions the Pakistan navy's partnership with MFF and IUCN