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Future Wetland Guardians of the Seychelles
Seychelles 24 Oct 2018
Country: Seychelles
Topic: Capacity Building, Community Resilence
Wetlands are extremely important. However, in the Seychelles, many people refer to wetlands as marshes, which is perceived as synonymous to dirty water.
Mangroves For the Future video: A look back
Bali, Indonesia 05 Oct 2018
Country: Global
Topic: Sustainable Livelihoods, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation, Integrated Coastal Planning ...
IUCN Asia and Mangroves for the Future (MFF) have produced a video showcasing MFF’s growth and impact in Asia. This video was recently premiered at the 15th meeting of the MFF Regional Steering Committee that took place in Bali, Indonesia, at the end...
MFF’s post-graduate certificate course builds capacity for integrated coastal management in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand 22 Aug 2018
Country: Asia Region, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Topic: Capacity Building, Capacity development, Coastal Governance ...
Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) is a well-recognised ecosystems-based approach for achieving sustainable development in coastal areas.
International Year of the Reef: Joining forces to fight for the health of our oceans
Phuket, Thailand 25 Jul 2018
Country: Thailand
Topic: Capacity Building, Coastal Governance, Economic Valuation ...
“Collaboration,” “Education” and “Innovation” are three words that summed up a workshop on 20 July aimed at promoting best practices in coastal and marine conservation among the private sector.
Bangladesh shares World Heritage experience with Thailand in South-South knowledge transfer
Sundarbans Natural World Heritage Site, Bangladesh 05 Jul 2018
Country: Thailand, Bangladesh
Topic: Capacity Building
From 2 to 6 April 2018, MFF, in collaboration with IUCN Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok, brought nine delegates from the Thailand Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) to the Sundarbans Natural World Heritage Site (NWHS) ...
Common pool: Equitable water governance brings prosperity to Sabkhali
Sabkhali, Bangladesh 12 Jun 2018
Country: Bangladesh
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Climate change ...
The Sundarbans, a vast forest in the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal, are considered one of the natural wonders of the world. Lying adjacent is Sabkhali, a largely agricultural village, highly vulnerable to climate change and tidal surges, salt w...
Closing the 'plastic loop' on marine waste across Asia
Bangkok, Thailand 06 Jun 2018
Country: Global, Asia Region
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Climate change ...
In a special World Environment Day op-ed, Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director for IUCN Asia and Director of IUCN's Regional Hub for Asia-Oceania, writes about grassroots initiatives and efforts to engage the private sector that IUCN and Mangroves ...
Where the heart is: Myanmar’s village conservation committees give people reason to stay
Pyinbugyi, Myanmar 04 Jun 2018
Country: Myanmar
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Coastal Governance ...
For those who live along the coast of the Pyinbugyi Islands at the mouth of Southeastern Myanmar’s Tevoy River, fishing has always been a way of life. Unfortunately, of late, commercial offshore fishing has meant that many locals aren’t able to fill ...
Cambodia workshop builds communications capacity of NGOs, government and civil society
Kampot, Cambodia 31 May 2018
Country: Cambodia
Topic: Capacity Building, Civil Society Engagement, Knowledge management and communications
From 24 to 25 May 2018, IUCN and MFF Cambodia organised a two-day training workshop on communications in Kampot Province. The aim of the workshop was to improve the capacity of 16 representatives from Cambodian NGOs; civil society, including MFF gra...
Roots in the water
Bangkok, Thailand 12 Apr 2018
Country: Thailand
Topic: Capacity Building, Knowledge for Management
“My father taught me how to drive a boat when I was 12 and I vividly remember going out to fish – breaking through waves when the sea was rough during storms,” says local science teacher Wanida Tongboonma, as she takes the Mangroves for the Future (M...