The 17th meeting of National Coordinating Body (NCB) of Mangroves for the Future Programme (MFF) Pakistan was organized by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Pakistan on 15th September, 2017 at the HEJ - Institute of Chemistry. ÌýThe meeting was chaired by Federal Secretary, Ministry of Climate Change, Mr. Abu Ahmed Akif, and…
Pampa Dolui is from Udayan, a small village among the mangroves of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha, India. Her early childhood memories are of her family’s rice paddy fields and clear water ponds. As a 15-year-old, Pampa also experienced the devastation of the 1999 Odisha cyclone – reckoned…
Mesoamerican communities combat the effects of climate change through ecosystem-based adaptation measures.
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Phnom Penh 23 August 2017Ìý—ÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Cambodia and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) strengthened their cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in areas of natural resources conservation and local livelihood improvement. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Asia Regional Director, MsÌýAban Marker Kabraji, and…
Well-known for its importance as a breeding site for water birds, Pulau Dua was established as a nature reserve in 1937. Unfortunately, Ìýin recent decades, much of Pulau Dua’s mangroves were cleared for shrimp farms. With coasts deteriorated, fish that had previously used the mangroves as…
Four days of lessons on theoretical concepts and practical exercises to improve communication skills.
Mangroves support rich biodiversity and high levels of productivity, supplying seafood at capacities large enough to feed millions of people. Fisheries and other sectors, economies, and communities around the world will only be sustained through the restoration and protection of mangrove forests…
Launching of the first binational pilot project prepared by the Sixaola River Binational Basin Commission, and statement of interest in joining the UNECE Global Network of Basins Working on Climate Change.
On Delft, an island in the Palk Strait north of Sri Lanka, approximately 1,200 out of a population of 4,502 rely on fisheries for their livelihoods. As freezer facilities to store fish are not available in the island, fishermen are forced to sell their daily catch to buyers from the mainland,…
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CEESP NEWS - By Indu Kumari & Sajan John, Wildlife Trust of India