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MFF holds 14th Regional Steering Committee Meeting in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar 28 Sep 2017
Country: Myanmar
Topic: Capacity Building
The IUCN and UNDP regional coastal initiative Mangroves for the Future (MFF) held its 14th Steering Committee meeting in Yangon to assess achievements over the past year and discuss the programme’s sustainability beyond 2018.
Simple cook stoves ignite entrepreneurial spirit in Myanmar
Pyin Bugyi, Myanmar 26 Sep 2017
Country: Myanmar
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Sustainable Livelihoods
Home to some of Myanmar’s largest mangrove forests, Tanintharyi Region is known for its pristine coastline and the hundreds of islands in the Myeik Archipelago.
Mangroves provide critical ecosystem services and shield inland areas from storms and...
Regional Integrated Coastal Management training course extended to Cambodia
Kampot, Cambodia 25 Sep 2017
Country: Cambodia
Topic: Integrated Coastal Planning, Knowledge management and communications
MFF’s long-standing regional Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) training course was successfully extended to national member countries. From 28 August to 1 September, the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) completed the first national level ICM c...
Mary Matline Smiles Again!
Manalkadu, Sri Lanka 19 Sep 2017
Country: Sri Lanka
Topic: Capacity Building, Sustainable Livelihoods, Gender equality
The northern province of Sri Lanka has gone through some tough times. Between 1980 to 2009, a civil war left over 60,000 people dead, 20,000 missing and 300,000 without homes. The province suffered another setback in 2004 when the Indian ocean struck...
Conserving Southeast Asia’s Seas
Bangkok, Thailand 18 Sep 2017
Country: Asia Region
Topic: Capacity Building, Coastal Governance, Knowledge management and communications ...
New farming methods secure livelihoods of communities in India
Udayan, Odisha, India 11 Sep 2017
Country: India
Topic: Capacity development, Community Resilence, Financing Coastal Conservation ...
Pampa Dolui is from Udayan, a small village among the mangroves of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha, India. Her early childhood memories are of her family’s rice paddy fields and clear water ponds. As a 15-year-old, Pampa also experienced the dev...
Recycling water on Manora Island
Karachi, Pakistan 31 Aug 2017
Country: Pakistan
Topic: Strategies for Management
Once a small fishing village with clear seawater, serene beaches, creeks and islands covered with lush green mangroves, Karachi has now been transformed into a hub supporting almost 70% of Pakistan's industry and external trade.
Nature Lovers return mangroves to Pulau Dua
Pulau Dua, Indonesia 28 Aug 2017
Country: Indonesia
Topic: Coastal Governance, Community Resilence, Integrated Coastal Planning ...
Well-known for its importance as a breeding site for water birds, Pulau Dua was established as a nature reserve in 1937. Unfortunately, in recent decades, much of Pulau Dua’s mangroves were cleared for shrimp farms. With coasts deteriorated, fish th...
When voices are heard in Cu Lao Cham Marine Protected Area
Cu Lao Cham, Viet Nam 24 Aug 2017
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance, Marine Protected Areas ...
With a total area of 3.7 hectares (roughly the size of 5 football pitches), the coastline in front and the famous Hai Tang pagoda in back, the Pagoda Field in Cu Lao Cham, Viet Nam is a place of great natural beauty and of religious and historical va...
Photo story: Saving our cetaceans
Goa, India 16 Aug 2017
Country: India
Topic: Capacity Building, Coastal Governance, Integrated Coastal Planning
Drishti lifeguards are first line responders to marine animal stranding, acting as the eyes and ears for the Goa Forest Department.