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One Earth Future's Secure Fisheries, organized a skill-based training session in the Injooni fishing village in Kismayo, Jubbaland Somalia. The training focused on various aspects of fishing equipment, particularly net making, maintenance, and repair. Five members from neighboring fishing communities participated in the session alongside local fishermen.

March 28,2024

Addressing Migration And Value Chains In The Arauca Region

Since 2021, this project generates opportunities for socio-economic inclusion and employment for the vulnerable local population and Venezuelan migrants.

March 27,2024

One Earth Future's Shuraako Program Joins The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo 2024 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, April 24, 2024 - The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo has a clear message: the time to invest in Somalia are now. Somalia has demonstrated its readiness to embrace investment, setting the stage for fruitful partnerships and initiatives. Organizers and attendees are focused on paving the way for a more interconnected future for the region.

April 24,2024

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October 20, 2017

70 Years of Peace: By Accident or Design?

The second half of the twentieth century showed marked declines in both the number of major wars and the deaths associated with them.

October 13, 2017

Engaging Male Leaders for Women, Peace and Security

Men continue to dominate leadership in national and international security, yet have remained on the sidelines of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) movement.

October 04, 2017

Introducing the Stable Seas Maritime Security Index

Assimilating data from 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over nine issue areas, the Index brings together diverse challenges like piracy, smuggling, and capacity-building in one comprehensive analysis to better understand how these issues intersect to affect maritime security.

October 03, 2017

Maritime Security and the Importance of Fisheries at #OurOcean

The world’s ocean coalition is increasingly recognizing that ocean health and human security are inextricably linked.

September 29, 2017

IUU FISHING AROUND THE WORLD IMPACTS U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

Kaija Hurlburt, Director of Secure Fisheries, spoke to a workshop at the Stimson Center about the intersection of IUU fishing and national security concerns as they operate in Somali waters.

September 20, 2017

Peace by the Numbers: A Debate

A new analysis of conflict data begs the question: do the data show a random risk of major war, or is there evidence that the decline in wars over the past 70 years is related to external causes?

September 19, 2017

Somaliland Investment Forum Attracts Somali Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Donors

Panelists discussed the need for ice makers and cold chain equipment, the lack of scientific data to inform fisheries stock assessments, and the importance of training a new generation of fishers.

September 15, 2017

On the Brink of Civil War, Tunisians Averted Crisis. How They Did It and Why It Matters.

Everything should be going wrong in Tunisia. In 2011, the Arab Spring revolutions engulfed half of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with the promise of democratization. But these revolutions failed to secure democracy. Tunisia is the stand-out; it has avoided all-out civil war like that in Sy...

September 12, 2017

Stable Seas Maritime Security Index Maps Threats to Governance

One Earth Future, through its programs OEF Research, Oceans Beyond Piracy, and Secure Fisheries, presents a unique effort to measure and map intersecting issue areas in maritime security in sub-Saharan Africa.

September 05, 2017

Stronger International Policies Are Key to Sustaining Global Fisheries

“Strong fisheries management is the key to future sustainability of wild fish stocks, but only thirty-six percent of the ocean is within a single country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and ten percent of the ocean falls within fragile or failed states,” Mazurek said.

August 29, 2017

Inland Fisheries Are Critical for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

That’s the conclusion of a panel of experts who gathered at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Tampa, Florida last week.

August 09, 2017

Our Secure Future Program Leads Consortium of WPS Training and Curriculum

OEF’s Our Secure Future program convened dozens of academics, practitioners, and military officials for a Curriculum Consortium on Women, Peace and Security at the Naval War College.

August 07, 2017

OEF Research: Will Venezuela Break? Follow the Oil.

In spite of many warnings of a coup in Venezuela, they have all been wrong. Why?

July 26, 2017

Indian Ocean Commission Recommends New Priorities for Advancing Regional Fisheries Surveillance

In July Secure Fisheries attended the Indian Ocean Commission's Regional Fisheries Surveillance Plan meeting, where Robert Mazurek gave a presentation on Secure Fisheries' current efforts combatting IUU fishing in the Western Indian Ocean.

William Ury

July 22, 2017

To Achieve Peace, Colombians Must Get Beyond the Victim and Perpetrator Narrative

While Colombians signed a peace treaty in November 2016, anger and resentment remain on all sides. The government is working to reincorporate the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other rebels into mainstream Colombian society. But can Colombians truly find peace when neither side ac...