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Q.375 – IAS 2019 -FRAMED FROM IUCN.ORG
Q.375
Which among the following country is not the member of the “Mangroves for The
Future” ?
A)
Cambodia
B)
Myanmar
C)
Laos
D)
Maldives
Ans.
C
Mangroves
for the Future (MFF)
Location:
Member
countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan,
Seychelles,
Sri
Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
Outreach
countries: Malaysia
Dialogue
countries: Kenya and Tanzania
Duration:
Established in 2006, MFF is currently in its third phase (2015 - 2018).
Project
Background: The devastation caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004
laid bare the
vital
link between coastal ecosystems and human livelihoods. It was United States
President Bill
Clinton’s
vision that rebuilding in tsunami-hit areas should improve natural
infrastructure and
strengthen
resilience against future natural disasters. In response to this vision, IUCN
(International
Union
for Conservation of Nature) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
developed Mangroves
for
the Future in 2006. Since then, MFF has grown to include eight institutional
partners, plus a
growing
number of countries. At the launch of the Tsunami Legacy report* at the United
Nations in
New
York in April 2009, Bill Clinton acclaimed MFF as one of the most positive and
forward-looking
developments
of the post-tsunami period.
Mangroves
for the Future (MFF) is a unique partner-led initiative to promote investment
in coastal
ecosystem
conservation for sustainable development. Co-chaired by IUCN and UNDP, MFF
provides a
platform
for collaboration among the many different agencies, sectors and countries
which are
addressing
challenges to coastal ecosystem and livelihood issues. The goal is to promote
an integrated
ocean-wide
approach to coastal management and to building the resilience of
ecosystem-dependent coastal
communities.
Mangroves
are the flagship of the initiative, but MFF is inclusive of all types of
coastal ecosystem,
such
as coral reefs, estuaries, lagoons, sandy beaches, seagrass and wetlands.
