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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...
9th MFF Regional Steering Committee meeting emphasizes enhanced regional cooperation- Bangladesh inducted as the 9th MFF member country.
Karachi, Pakistan 18 Nov 2012
Country: Asia Region, Global
Topic: Strategies for Management, Knowledge for Management, Reef to Ridge ...
The 9th Regional Steering Committee of the Mangroves for the Future (MFF) initiative was held in Karachi, Pakistan from 18 - 22 November 2012. Representatives of the eight MFF member countries, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri La...
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...
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.
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 ...
MFF-IUCN Cambodia Organizes First National Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand 07 Aug 2012
Country: Cambodia
Topic: Strategies for Management
The first national meeting on Cambodia-Mangroves for the Future Initiatives was organized by the Ministry of Environment of the Royal Government of Cambodia in cooperation and financial support from MFF IUCN-Cambodia on the 15th of June 2012 at the C...
International Conference on The Roles of Learned Societies in Improving the Quality of Life in the Context of Globalization
Bangkok, Thailand 26 Jul 2012
Country: Thailand, Asia Region
Topic: Strategies for Management, Knowledge for Management, Civil Society Engagement
The Royal Institute of Thailand organized an International Conference on The Roles of Learned Societies in Improving the Quality of Life in the Context of Globalization for the Celebrations on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King of Thaila...
Mangrove restoration in Viet Nam: national plans vs. local realities
Hanoi, Vietnam 09 Apr 2012
Country: Viet Nam
Topic: Coastal Governance, Strategies for Management
Vietnam’s government likes to deliver development through top-down national plans such as Program 661, the five million hectare reforestation program (that ended in 2010 and ended up replanting 2.5 million hectares over 12 years). The government’s fo...
Stakeholders Workshop for Phase 2-SGF Projects
Bangkok, Thailand 29 Sep 2011
Country: Thailand
Topic: Knowledge management and communications, Capacity development, Strategies for Management ...
As the selected mechanism for implementing MFF/SGF in Thailand, the same procedure as practiced by GEF SGP and in the past Phase I of MFF/SGF, including convening the Stakeholders Workshop, was adopted. As to the workshop, it was planned with technic...