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Cambodia prepares to join MFF as tenth member country

Pnomh Penh, Cambodia 22 Aug 2013

Country: Cambodia, Asia Region

Topic: Strategies for Management, Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance ...

Following the approval of its National Strategy and Action Plan in July, Cambodia is expected to join MFF as the tenth member country within 2013.    

10th NCB Meeting, MFF Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan 21 Aug 2013

Country: Pakistan

Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Reef to Ridge ...

MFF trains regional coastal managers on mangrove restoration and management

Petchaburi, Thailand 14 Aug 2013

Country: Asia Region

Topic: Capacity Building, Knowledge for Management

MFF, together with the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park - Thailand, conducted a Regional Training Course on Mangrove Restoration and Management from 13-21 August. Coastal managers from MFF countries received technical training on restorati...    

Sea Turtles celebrated in Seychelles Festival

Beau Vallon, Island of Mahe, Seychelles 09 Aug 2013

Country: Seychelles

Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Marine Protected Areas

The Global Vision International (GVI) and the Marine Conservation Society of Seychelles (MCSS) along with some local NGO and Government Ministry partners organized a ‘Seychelles Sea Turtle Festival’ on August 9-10, 2013. The Seychelles marine sea tur...    

MFF releases consolidated Guidelines for Grant Facilities

29 Jul 2013

Country: Asia Region

MFF releases a consolidated set of guidelines for its grants facilities. This will cover guidelines for the Small Grant Facility (SGF), Medium Grants Facility (MGF), and Regional Grants Facility (RGF). The MS Word version of templates for concept no...    

Stories of conflicts: a review of MFF Small Grant Projects 2011-2013

Hanoi, Viet Nam 23 Jul 2013

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Knowledge for Management, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation, Knowledge management and communications ...

On July 23, 2013, nine organizations that have completed MFF-funded small grant projects attended a lessons learned workshop in Hanoi, together with representatives of the projects’ beneficiary groups. What emerged from the workshop were stories of c...    

From "Climate Proof" to Coastal Community Resilience

19 Jul 2013

Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, Indonesia

Topic: Community Resilence, Integrated Coastal Planning, Climate change

Mangroves for the Future (MFF) has included Climate Change as a cross-cutting theme since 2008. In 2010, jointly with UNEP, UNDP and IUCN, MFF published 'Climate Proof', a four-step guide to assist proponents in considering the potential impacts of ...    

Planting, protecting, and sharing: three indispensable links in mangroves conservation

Ha Noi, Viet Nam 17 Jul 2013

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Community Resilence, Sustainable Business Practices ...

Training and raising awareness for local community will not be enough to make them protect mangroves and environment. The story below has shown that only when the local people are benefited from nature conservation, they will be willing to protect en...    

Stopping charcoal production in Mui Ca Mau National Park: work without end

Ha Noi, Viet Nam 11 Jul 2013

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Community Resilence, Sustainable Livelihoods

How to protect mangrove conservation from charcoal production if we cannot secure alternative livelihoods for the landless local households ?    

MFF small grant gives 'a sense of importance' to families in Naguleliya Village, Sri Lanka

Naguleliya, Chilaw 01 Jul 2013

Country: Sri Lanka

Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Civil Society Engagement

MFF small grant gives 'a sense of importance' to families in Naguleliya Village, Sri Lanka