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Working with fisherwomen in Xuan Thuy National Park
Bangkok, Thailand 01 Apr 2013
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Capacity Building, Coastal Governance, Community Resilence ...
Every day, hundreds of local fisherwomen enter the mangrove forest in Xuan Thuy National Park to collect shells, mollusks, crabs, and other aquatic products. Although the law prohibits any kind of resource extraction in the core zone, the poor women ...
Working with fisherwomen in Xuan Thuy National Park
Xuan Thuy National Park, Viet Nam 22 Mar 2013
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Civil Society Engagement, Capacity Building, Community Resilence ...
Every day, hundreds of local fisherwomen enter the mangrove forest in Xuan Thuy National Park to collect shells, mollusks, crabs, and other aquatic products. Although the law prohibits any kind of resource extraction in the core zone, the poor women...
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...
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.
Viet Nam wetlands: selected case studies
Hanoi, Viet Nam 02 Oct 2012
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Knowledge management and communications, Sustainable Livelihoods
The below news are selected case studies implemented by Mangroves for the Future (MFF) and some other projects at IUCN Viet Nam Office.
MFF at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
Jeju, South Korea 06 Sep 2012
Country: Asia Region, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Pakistan, Maldives, Viet Nam, Bangladesh
Topic: Knowledge for Management, Knowledge management and communications, Coastal Governance ...
Building coastal resilience is a significant component of Integrated Coastal Zone Management throughout the world and one that MFF has had significant experience with throughout the Asian region. On 7 September 2012, more than 40 people from varying ...
Sharing Lessons in Mangrove Restoration
Mamallapuram, Chennai, India 30 Aug 2012
Country: Asia Region, India, Indonesia, Seychelles, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Bangladesh
Topic: Knowledge management and communications
"No mangrove, no crab" will strike a familiar chord with mangrove enthusiasts everywhere not only because it sounds like a Bob Marley ditty, but because it alludes to a popular economic benefit of mangrove ecosystems. Professor K Kathiresan of Annam...
Marine turtle poachers, traders, and buyers: what can be done?
Hanoi, Viet Nam 02 Aug 2012
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Sustainable Business Practices
When I was asked if I wanted to join a training workshop on marine turtle conservation in Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh, I eagerly agreed. The next day we left behind the fog and chaos of Hanoi for Central Vietnam where we went to train volunteers, gover...
Co To Island - No Plastic Bags by 2014?
Hanoi, Viet Nam 13 Jul 2012
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Knowledge management and communications
Co To is an island located 80 km off Vietnam in the Gulf Of Tonkin. On July 12, 2012, after a 2-hour boat ride from Cai Rong, we arrived at the beautiful island of Co To. When we visited two years ago, our first impression was of a mound of rubbish. ...