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World Parks Congress called to Protect, Restore and Expand Mangroves
Sydney, Australia 17 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence, Strategies for Management
As part of the 2014 World Parks Congress in Sydney, a Call to Action Statement on mangrove protected areas was presented November 17 by the IUCN Mangrove Specialist Group. The Statement recognises that protected areas are a vital tool for conserving ...
Fishing for sea cucumbers – how long?
Colombo, Sri Lanka 16 Nov 2014
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Knowledge for Management
This article has previously published in the Sunday Times on 16 November 2014. The author is Dr Sriyanie Miththapala, Consultant to IUCN Sri Lanka
Reflecting on the Beijing+20 Platform and Action for Gender: Asia-Pacific CSO Forum
Bangkok, Thailand 15 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, Thailand
Topic: Gender equality
MFF, in partnership with Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and NRM (WOCAN), joins the conversation about women and environment policies in action, at the lead up to the regional review of the Beijing+20 Platform for Action review this 17-20 ...
Mangroves for Coastal Defence: New study offers practical guidance for coastal decision makers
London, United Kingdom 06 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Global, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance, Community Resilence ...
A new guidebook on mangroves as a coastal defence finds that mangroves can reduce risk from a large number of coastal hazards. The role of mangroves in coastal defence has been widely promoted since the tsunami that struck South-East Asia in 2004. Ye...
Mangroves identified as important wetlands for disaster risk reduction at Asian Wetlands Symposium
Siem Reap, Cambodia 06 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, Cambodia
Topic: Climate change, Community Resilence, Strategies for Management
MFF and the IUCN Water and Wetlands Natural Resources Group were recently identified as Asia focal points for the RAMSAR Pre COP 12 meeting which was held in Cambodia in early November as part of the Asian Wetlands Symposium. The meeting brought toge...
Journal of Marine Biology Association of India publishes proceedings from Fisheries Symposium
Kochi, India 03 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, India
Topic: Coastal Governance, Strategies for Management
The proceedings from the Fisheries Symposium held in Kochi, India in October 2013 have been published in a Special Edition of the Journal of Marine Biology Association of India. This regional symposium brought together representatives from more than...
Building Coastal Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: RSC-11
Sihanoukville, Cambodia 25 Oct 2014
Country: Asia Region, Cambodia
Topic: Community Resilence
Representatives from all the MFF countries gathered in Sihanoukville, Cambodia in October for the 11th meeting of the MFF Regional Steering Committee. The meeting marked the launch of MFF's new phase of funding for 2014-2018, and also saw the number ...
Training of trainers on ecosystem-based management of estuaries and lagoons
Katunayake, Sri Lanka 17 Sep 2014
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Capacity Building
Web story on the MFF capacity building workshop held from 17-19 September 2014.
New regional Gender Advisory Panel to advance gender strategy in MFF
Bangkok, Thailand 27 Aug 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Gender equality
On August 27 MFF convened a meeting of gender practice leaders and IUCN senior managers at the IUCN Asia Regional Office, for an initial discussion on the establishment of a regional Gender Advisory Panel for MFF and for IUCN Asia, endorsing the impo...
4th Integrated Coastal Management course kickstarts new learning opportunities for Asia coastal managers
Bangkok, Thailand 18 Aug 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Knowledge for Management
The postgraduate certificate course on Integrated Coastal Management introduces the concept, principles, process and tools of ICM, and provides an opportunity to learn from integrated coastal management programs and experiences from around the world ...