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Potential Area Mapping for Mangrove Restoration in South Gujarat
Gujarat, India 13 Mar 2013
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Capacity Building ...
Mangroves are the most important ecological bio-shields for the coasts; they protect our coastlines, harbor unique biodiversity, support fisheries and protect coastal populations against storms, cyclones and tsunamis
Nukkad Natak (street theatre) and the mangroves of Kendrapara
Kendrapara, Orissa, India 13 Mar 2013
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Capacity development, Civil Society Engagement ...
The new wave of environmental challenges (such as cross-boundary water disputes, climate change, etc.) is not often easily addressed within the social, economic and cultural frameworks of coastal communities in India. One of the primary reasons for 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.
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...
MFF at the CBD COP 11. Focus on need for collaborative efforts to conserve sea grass beds in the Gulf of Mannar.
Hyderabad, India 22 Oct 2012
Country: India, Sri Lanka, Asia Region
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Marine Protected Areas, Strategies for Management
At a COP11 MFF side event on October 16, researchers and audience comprising experts from various disciplines discussed on the current situation of sea grass beds in the Gulf of Mannar, their survival and long term strategies needed to conserve them...
Spreading awareness through art!
Orissa, India 19 Oct 2012
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Knowledge management and communications
Every year the Mangrove Action Project (MAP) invites primary school children from tropical and sub-tropical countries to participate in an annual art competition on mangroves. The purpose of the competition is to raise awareness and promote appreciat...
India and Sri Lanka join hands in conserving the living resources of Gulf of Mannar
Colombo, Sri Lanka 28 Sep 2012
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Capacity Building ...
Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mannar provide many ecosystem goods and services, and these benefits are being compromised due to lack of information, awareness and inadequate policies. This issue gains more urgency as climate change will exacerbate thre...
MFF India Small Grant Mid-term Review
New Delhi, India 21 Sep 2012
Country: India
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation ...
The small grant mid-term review is a useful mechanism through which the progress of projects is evaluated and reviewed by the MFF Secretariat, NCB members and MFF partners.
Coastal Sustainability: Learnings from MFF India projects
New Delhi, India 20 Sep 2012
Country: India
Many of us will never have to stand at lands end, watching the incoming tide, and wonder how to feed and protect our families. But more than 20 million people in India, living along its coasts and depending on a delicate balance between ocean and lan...