Climate change

Climate change (CC) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) are both major themes in strengthening resilience to environmental change. Building on its earlier work, MFF is scaling up and integrating these two themes through enhanced National Strategy and Action Plans, large demonstration projects, and Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation guidelines. Another focus of activity is pilot testing of relevant coastal CC and DRR tools and methodologies, delivered through courses forming part of the larger training programme on project cycle management for NCB members, partners and coastal managers.

MFF is also supporting the implementation of climate change activities through larger projects, as well as regional-based research on the role of mangroves and other coastal ecosystems in the carbon cycle. Field experiences and lessons in building resilience are being synthesized and shared across the region and globally through MFF’s knowledge platform.

Featured Projects

Where did all the soil go? Coastal monitoring as a tool for developing local capacity, raising public awareness and assessing long-term environmental change

Duration: extended Dec 31 2011

Location: Anse Possession, Praslin, Seychelles

Topics: Marine Protected Areas , Management Assessment and Monitoring , Sustainable Business Practices , Climate change , Gender equality , Knowledge management and communications

MFF Grant Amount: US$23,200

RCEAT hosted mangrove planting in the community

Building the capacity of Roche Caiman community to adapt to climate change and other threats

Duration: extended to August 31 2011

Location: Roche Caiman, Mahé, Seychelles

Topics: Civil Society Engagement , Community Resilence , Coastal Governance , Climate change , Gender equality , Knowledge management and communications

MFF Grant Amount: US$8,000

Radio programme on site with SSA members

Rehabilitation and sustainable management of the North-East Point marsh

Duration: extended to 31 August 2011

Location: North-East Point, Mahé, Seychelles

Topics: Knowledge for Management , Civil Society Engagement , Capacity Building , Knowledge management and communications , Gender equality , Climate change

MFF Grant Amount: US$11,900

Returning mangroves to Tanjung Panjang, Indonesia © IUCN, 2018

Mangrove forests worldwide have been vanishing at astonishing rates. Tanjung Panjang, Indonesia, which has lost over 60% of its mangroves in the last 3 decades, exemplifies this trend. The creation of aquaculture in nature reserves has in part led to this decrease in mangrove cover. With the help of IUCN's Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM), local experts and several NGOs are working with current land users and the local government to restore forest landscapes and strive for a more sustainable future.