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To protect our coasts, coastal communities must benefit from sustainable enterprises

16 Jun 2017

This article, written by representatives from RECOFTC – an MFF grantee – emphasises the need to promote integrated coastal management and private sector solutions that help coastal communities develop sustainable community enterprises.    

Pakistan declares its first ever MPA

Astola Island, Balochistan Province, Pakistan 16 Jun 2017

Country: Pakistan

Topic: Coastal Governance, Marine Protected Areas

Astola Island has been designated as Pakistan’s first-ever marine protected area (MPA), bringing Pakistan one step closer to achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11. The notification was issued by the Government of Balochistan yesterday, 15 June 2017.    

More effective waste management through engaged communities

Mairood, Thailand 15 Jun 2017

Country: Thailand

Topic: Capacity development, Coastal Governance, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation

To most, it’s just a giant landfill – holding approximately 60,000 tonnes of waste. But to some of the locals of Trat province, the Had Ploy Dang dumping ground, located in the Mairood Sub-district, is known as the ‘golden mountain’. Why? Because, ac...    

Is the tide turning for oceans?

08 Jun 2017

Country: Asia Region, Pakistan

Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance, Marine Protected Areas

This opinion editorial, authored by Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director for IUCN Asia, highlights how establishing marine protected areas could be a key means of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and curbing climate impacts.    

MFF @ The Ocean Conference

New York, USA 05 Jun 2017

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

Topic: Climate change, Integrated Coastal Planning, Marine Protected Areas

The Ocean Conference is a high-level United Nations Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14. At the event, IUCN, MFF and the world community will come together to discuss innovative ways to conserve and sustainably...    

Improving waste management in Toul Toueng Commune, Cambodia

Toul Toueng Commune, Cambodia 31 May 2017

Country: Cambodia, Asia Region

Topic: Capacity Building, Community Resilence, Integrated Coastal Planning

To address a growing waste management problem in Cambodia, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) funded a project implemented by the Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC) of the Royal University of Phnom Penh that has helped reduce the proliferation of...    

Community Conservation in the Indian Sundarbans

New Delhi, India 26 May 2017

Country: India

Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance, Community Resilence ...

In April 2017, Springer Journals published a special edition on Wetland Science: Perspectives from South Asia. IUCN, in partnership with the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR), Government of West Bengal, contributed a chapter on Participatory Wetland...    

Tapping into sustainable tourism to safeguard biodiversity

Phat Sanday, Cambodia 22 May 2017

Country: Cambodia

Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Community Resilence, Sustainable Livelihoods

As the sun rises and the flooded forests of Cambodia’s Stung Seng wildlife sanctuary come alive with the chattering and whooping of endangered monkeys with their elegant silvery-grey fur, fishermen from the Phat Sanday commune make their way towards ...    

Bangladesh celebrates biodiversity and tourism

Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 May 2017

Country: Bangladesh

Topic: Capacity development, Coastal Governance, Economic Valuation ...

A well-managed ecosystem provides an important foundation for many aspects of tourism. Tourism revenue, in turn, can contribute to the maintenance, protection and conservation of key wildlife populations – which is why the theme of this year’s Intern...    

Simple solutions for a complex problem

Colombo, Sri Lanka 21 May 2017

Country: Sri Lanka

Topic: Climate change, Community Resilence

Water resource management interventions in Delft Island published in the Sunday Times of 21.5.2017.