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Mangroves for Coastal Defence: New study offers practical guidance for coastal decision makers
London, United Kingdom 06 Nov 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Global, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Climate change, Coastal Governance, Community Resilence ...
A new guidebook on mangroves as a coastal defence finds that mangroves can reduce risk from a large number of coastal hazards. The role of mangroves in coastal defence has been widely promoted since the tsunami that struck South-East Asia in 2004. Ye...
New regional Gender Advisory Panel to advance gender strategy in MFF
Bangkok, Thailand 27 Aug 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Gender equality
On August 27 MFF convened a meeting of gender practice leaders and IUCN senior managers at the IUCN Asia Regional Office, for an initial discussion on the establishment of a regional Gender Advisory Panel for MFF and for IUCN Asia, endorsing the impo...
4th Integrated Coastal Management course kickstarts new learning opportunities for Asia coastal managers
Bangkok, Thailand 18 Aug 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Knowledge for Management
The postgraduate certificate course on Integrated Coastal Management introduces the concept, principles, process and tools of ICM, and provides an opportunity to learn from integrated coastal management programs and experiences from around the world ...
The Bangkok Declaration 2014: Committing to Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand 23 Jul 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Thailand
Topic: Community Resilence
Hosted by the Royal Thai Government, the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) was held in Bangkok from 22-26 June 2014, with the theme “Promoting Investments for Resilient Nations and Communities”. The objective was to...
Ecosystem Based Management and shared governance as solutions to address climate change impact on coastal fishery
Dhaka, Bangladesh 06 Jul 2014
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Climate change, Community Resilence, Knowledge for Management
Ecosystems based management is the best solution to address the climate change impact on coastal fishery in Bangladesh. it requires integrated action and policy implication in the grassroots. This was discussed in a seminar in Dhaka on 06 July 2014 t...
Launch of New Funding for Mangroves for the Future
Bangkok, Thailand 10 Jun 2014
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Global, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam
Topic: Financing Coastal Conservation, Integrated Coastal Planning
IUCN, UNDP and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) today announced the launch of the third phase of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) regional initiative with new funding from Sida. The new phase will run from 2014-2018 a...
Divers working together with local communities to save the Bay of Bengal
Saint Martin's Island, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 07 Apr 2014
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Financing Coastal Conservation
In a bid to create awareness among the islanders and tourists about dangers of solid waste pollution in seas, MFF and Save Our Sea (SoS) on April 7 conducted an annual underwater clean-up dive at Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh.
Towards Building Coastal Resilience in South and South-East Asia
Dhaka, Bangladesh 31 Mar 2014
Country: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Viet Nam
Topic: Community Resilence
MFF National Coordinating Body (NCB) of Bangladesh and the MFF Regional Secretariat arranged regional symposium with the goal of sharing experiences between Bangladesh and India, Indonesia and Viet Nam, on ways to build coastal community resilience u...
Protecting Asia’s Coasts for People and Nature : Viet Nam hosts 10th MFF regional meeting with focus on building community resilience
Hoi An, Viet Nam 11 Sep 2013
Country: India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Asia Region
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Strategies for Management, Coastal Governance ...
The 10th Regional Steering Committee of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) initiative was held in Hoi An, Da Nang province, with representatives from the nine member countries convening to discuss efforts to protect coastal regions for people and for...
From "Climate Proof" to Coastal Community Resilience
19 Jul 2013
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, Indonesia
Topic: Community Resilence, Integrated Coastal Planning, Climate change
Mangroves for the Future (MFF) has included Climate Change as a cross-cutting theme since 2008. In 2010, jointly with UNEP, UNDP and IUCN, MFF published 'Climate Proof', a four-step guide to assist proponents in considering the potential impacts of ...