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MFF, UNEP launch Green Fins approach for Maldives and Viet Nam reefs

Puerto Galera, Philippines 12 Mar 2013

Country: Asia Region, Maldives, Viet Nam

Topic: Knowledge management and communications, Strategies for Management, Capacity Building ...

MFF and UNEP launch "Green Fins" as an approach to address threats posed by recreational scuba diving-related activities. The Green Fins approach works with dive centres to establish a network of educated dive operators and divers, to promote a set o...    

Project Cycle Management Training- Small Grants Facility

Karachi, Pakistan 01 Mar 2013

Country: Pakistan

Mangroves for the Future Programme trains local NGOs and CBOs for the development of the coastal communities    

Project Cycle Management Training- Medium Projects

Karachi, Pakistan 27 Feb 2013

Country: Pakistan

A two-day workshop organised by the Mangroves for the Future Programme on Project Cycle Management and Proposal Writing    

Aloe vera: the wonder plant to save Puttalam Lagoon

Kalpitiya (Puttalam district), Sri Lanka 24 Feb 2013

Country: Sri Lanka

Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Sustainable Business Practices, Gender equality

This article has been previously published in Sunday Times on 24 February 2013. The author is Dr Sriyanie Miththapala, Consultant to IUCN Sri Lanka    

IUCN Pakistan- Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Pvt. Ltd Joint Event

Port Qasim Area, Karachi, Pakistan 21 Feb 2013

Country: Pakistan

Topic: Private sector partnerships

World Wetlands Day cerebrated at Keenjhar Lake, the largest fresh water source for the cities of Karachi and Thatta

Keenjhar Lake 02 Feb 2013

Country: Pakistan

IUCN Pakistan in collaboration with the Mangroves for the Future Programme, Pakistan, Sindh Coastal Community Project of the Sindh Coastal Development Authority, and Sindh Fisheries Department, celebrated the World Wetland Day at the Keenjhar Lake, T...    

Promoting sustainable feed and biofuel production in community conserved mangroves areas (Orissa, India)

Orissa, India 31 Jan 2013

Country: India

Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Civil Society Engagement ...

Livestock has long been a mainstay from several coastal communities in Orissa. However, the unregulated browsing of ungulates including goats, cows and buffaloes has taken its toll on the state’s coastal grasslands, commonly associated with mangroves...    

3rd Postgraduate Certificate Course on Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) launched

Bangkok, Thailand 22 Jan 2013

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

Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation ...

The 3rd Postgraduate Certificate Course on Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) was launched at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok on Monday. The participants are being trained under the partnership initiative of MFF, BOBLEME and AIT.    

Buddhist community participation in mangrove conservation in Tien Giang Province

Tien Giang Province, Vietnam 19 Jan 2013

Country: Viet Nam

Topic: Community Resilence, Civil Society Engagement, Climate change ...

Love of nature is fundamental to Buddhism and the mutual interaction between humans and ecosystems is enshrined in its teachings. Trees or plants are considered living beings that no Buddhist should cut or damage.    

MFF India kick-starts new set of small grant projects

India 01 Jan 2013

Country: India

Topic: Strategies for Management, Marine Protected Areas, Knowledge management and communications ...

Following hot on the heels of the success of cycle II of the small grants facility, MFF India has initiated its third cycle of small grant projects. The selection process was intensive, with the National Coordination Body (NCB) India, chaired by the...