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MFF and Red Cross Society in Seychelles assists three districts in disaster risk reduction and resilience

Mahe, Seychelles (Roche Caiman, Ile Perseverance, Anse Boileau) 01 Jul 2013

Country: Seychelles

Topic: Community Resilence

A small grant facility (SGF) project of MFF responds to the need of improving local awareness about disaster risk management and reduction. Its primary aim is to strengthen community resilience through a disaster risk reduction approach at community ...    

Special Meeting of IUCN Regional Directors discusses replication of Mangroves for the Future Initiative beyond Asia

Bangkok, Thailand 05 Jun 2013

Regional Directors from IUCN Asia, Central America, Eastern and Southern Africa, Western and Central Africa and Oceania met in Bangkok, Thailand from 4 -5 June for a special meeting to discuss the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Initiative as a succes...    

Sri Lanka shares lessons learned from small grants coastal projects

Colombo, Sri Lanka 07 May 2013

Country: Sri Lanka

Topic: Knowledge for Management

Ten projects from the MFF Small Grant Facility in Sri Lanka met May 7, 2013 to share lessons learned over the past 11 months of implementation. During this lessons sharing workshop, project grantees revealed the potential of small projects to scale ...    

Building Resilience in coastal India: new MFF India SG projects selection

New Delhi, India 05 May 2013

Country: India

Topic: Capacity Building

The MFF India Small Grant Project (SGP) Call for Proposals for Cycle III was published on 5 March 2013 on the MFF, IUCN, CII and MoEF websites and disseminated through the IUCN India member’s network and the MFF India partner’s network. The call was ...    

Economic valuation of ecosystems take spotlight in Sri Lanka training for coastal planners

Colombo, Sri Lanka 02 May 2013

Country: Sri Lanka

Topic: Knowledge for Management, Economic Valuation

The Coast Conservation and Coastal Resources Management Department (CC&CRMD), a member of the National Coordinating Body of Sri Lanka, conducted a Training on Economic Valuation of Coastal Ecosystems for Sri Lankan coastal planners.    

Shyamnagar community sees its future through resilience lens

Shyamnagar, Satkhira, Bangladesh 30 Apr 2013

Country: Bangladesh

Topic: Community Resilence

Citizens of the southwest upazilla of Bangladesh- Shyamnagar, framed its possible future scenarios and one desired vision as MFF team introduced them to the concept of social-ecological thinking to understand the state of resilience. They developed s...    

9th NCB Inaugural Ceremony and Meeting, MFF Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan 25 Apr 2013

Country: Pakistan

Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Capacity Building, Knowledge for Management ...

Sustainable shark fishing in the Seychelles

04 Apr 2013

In a landmark decision to save sharks from extinction, countries from around the world voted at the 16th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to regulate international trade in the Oceanic White tip, hammerhe...    

Natural Shrimp Farms

03 Apr 2013

Country: India, Asia Region, Global

In the early 1990s in India, intensive chemical input based shrimp production became very popular. Over time, the proliferation of monoculture, disease, poor seed quality, excessive use of artificial feed, poor environmental management, increased inp...    

Working with fisherwomen in Xuan Thuy National Park

Bangkok, Thailand 01 Apr 2013

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Capacity Building, Coastal Governance, 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 ...