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Assessing MPA management effectiveness

Ha Noi, Viet Nam 30 Dec 2014

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Coastal Governance

In 2010, the government established 16 MPAs. Only eight of these have any form of management presence, however. Even where there is a management presence, there is concern about its effectiveness in the face of numerous threats. IUCN and others have ...    

Ten years after the Tsunami, mangrove forests planted as coastal shield

Aceh, Indonesia 26 Dec 2014

Country: Asia Region, Indonesia

Topic: Strategies for Management

Can replanting mangrove forests on tropical coastlines really protect communities from the immense destruction of a tsunami such as the Indian Ocean killer wave that struck 10 years ago?    

Public-Private Partnership model promoted for environmental protection in Ha Noi

Ha Noi, Viet nam 23 Dec 2014

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Strategies for Management

IUCN, in cooperation with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mangroves for the Future, and the Ha Long - Cat Ba Alliance, organized a dialogue with national government agencies and civil society, that promoted Public-Private Partnership (P...    

Project learning: how to do it better

Ha Noi, Viet Nam 16 Dec 2014

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Capacity Building

As a global network that relies heavily on partners to implement projects, IUCN issues a lot of small grants. In 2014 alone, two of our biggest programs, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) and Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), have awarded 21 s...    

Carbon Potential of Mangroves identified by UNEP report

Lima, Peru 09 Dec 2014

Topic: Strategies for Management

The economic and social benefits of mangroves - which are estimated to run into the hundreds of billions worldwide - remain largely untapped due to a lack of carbon finance mechanisms, appropriate policy interventions, and rapid mangrove deforestatio...    

Launch of MFF funded Field Guide to Reef Fishes of Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka 04 Dec 2014

Country: Sri Lanka

Topic: Capacity Building

Field Guide to Reef Fishes of Sri Lanka, Vol II was launched on 4 December 2014 at the National Science Foundation in Colombo    

The Business of Mangroves

Ca Mau, Viet Nam 01 Dec 2014

Country: Asia Region, Thailand

Topic: Private sector partnerships, Sustainable Business Practices

Coastal tourism and fisheries and aquaculture are the target industries for a new private sector engagement strategy that has recently been developed for MFF. MFF has long recognized the critical importance of harnessing the financial capacity and en...    

Helping protect Praslin Island's fish resources

Praslin, Seychelles 01 Dec 2014

Country: Seychelles

Topic: Community Resilence

Praslin is the second largest inhabited island in the Seychelles archipelago. A large portion of the fish catch of Praslin comes from the artisanal trap fishery that mainly targets rabbitfish (Siganidae) and parrotfish (Scaridae). Rabbitfish is parti...    

কৃষকেরা প্রদর্শন করলেন লবণাক্ততা বৃদ্ধির সাথে অভিযোজনের কৌশল

শ্যামনগর, সাতক্ষীরা, বাংলাদেশ। 20 Nov 2014

Country: Bangladesh

Topic: Community Resilence

জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন এর সাথে টিকে থাকার কৌশল অবলম্বন করে কৃষকের উদ্ভাবনী নিয়ে বেসরকারি সংস্থা লিডার্স, বুড়িগোয়ালিনী ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ ও তিনটি কৃষক সংগঠনের আয়োজনে ২০ নভেম্বর দিনব্যাপী কৃষি উদ্ভাবনী মেলা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে সাতক্ষীরার শ্যামনগর উপজেলার বুড়িগোয়ালীনি ইউ...    

Ecosystems across Borders: MFF at the World Parks Congress 2014

Sydney, Australia 18 Nov 2014

Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam

Topic: Community Resilence, Reef to Ridge, Strategies for Management

MFF recently took part in the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, an event that takes place only once every 10 years, and which focuses on conservation and management of the world's Protected Areas. More than 5,000 people gathered to atte...