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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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March 03, 2017

The Impact of Gender Blindness on Peacekeeping

The latest blog from OEF’s Our Secure Future program details how gender blindness can negatively impact the work of a peacekeeping mission.

March 01, 2017

How Can We Predict When Fish Stocks Are About To Collapse?

Fish stocks can collapse suddenly and without warning, placing significant economic stress on the fishers who depend on that stock. To improve management of fisheries, scientists look for hints that collapse is pending.

February 16, 2017

Innovation in Partnerships Workshop Identifies Next Steps in Achieving UN Goal for Healthy Oceans

The International Peace Institute (IPI), One Earth Future (OEF), the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, and the World Ocean Council recently hosted the first-of-its-kind Innovation in Partnerships workshop, entitled “SDG 14: Life Below Water.”

February 15, 2017

Statistical Models Face Pitfalls When Forecasting Fish Populations

Effective fisheries governance depends on forecasts of the size of fish populations under different management options. For this, statistical models of fish populations are used.

February 13, 2017

OEF Presents Innovation in Partnerships, SDG14: Life Below Water Event

One Earth Future (OEF), the International Peace Institute (IPI), the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, and the World Ocean Council presented Innovation in Partnerships: SGD14 Life Below Water.

February 12, 2017

OEF Research Fellow Describes Implications of Life Expectancy Study

OEF Fellow in Evolution and Governance Dr. Daniel Brian Krupp was recently interviewed about the implications of a study on life expectancy.

February 05, 2017

Secure Fisheries Hosts Experts Meeting to Benefit Fisheries In The Indian Ocean

“Sustainable fishing practices are key to global food and economic security,” says Robert Mazurek, director of OEF’s Secure Fisheries program.

Ryan Kennedy

David Lazer

Stefan Wojcik

February 03, 2017

Improving Election Prediction Internationally

Assumptions underlying election result predictions have been encountering wide criticism. This study, published in the journal Science, reports the results of a multiyear program to predict direct executive elections in a variety of countries from globally pooled data.

February 03, 2017

For Predicting Elections Globally, Polls Do Surprisingly Well

Assumptions underlying election result predictions have been encountering wide criticism. This study, published in the journal Science, reports the results of a multiyear program to predict direct executive elections in a variety of countries from globally pooled data.

January 16, 2017

OSF Program Shares Words of Peace in Honor of MLK Day

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we recall some words of wisdom from one American woman, Audre Lorde, to help us create a more peaceful and just world together.

Kelsey Coolidge

January 09, 2017

OEF Research: Why Female Heads of State Have Declined in Recent Years

In 2016 alone, not only did Hillary Clinton and Keiko Fujimori of Peru lose extremely contentious presidential elections, Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff and South Korea’s Park Geun-hye were forced from power. Half as many women hold the highest political office as did in the beginning of 2014.

January 02, 2017

The Data Behind the Decline in Female Heads of Government

Data collected from OEF’s REIGN dataset shows a sharp decline in female heads of government since 2014.

December 31, 2016

Paving a Path toward Peace in 2016

As we look back on 2016, the entire One Earth Future family can be proud of positive impact on the lives of people and in the communities in which we work. Due in large part to the work of our five legacy programs, Oceans Beyond Piracy, Shuraako, Secure Fisheries, PASO Colombia, and OEF Research, an...

December 09, 2016

President of OEF Talks About PASO and building peace in Colombia

The peace agreement between the FARC and the Government of Colombia is not an end point, rather the beginning of a very long process

December 09, 2016

Photo Essay: A Window Into a Colombian Fishing Community at Risk

The city of Buenaventura is a busy and lively seaport on Colombia’s Pacific coast and the largest port city in Colombia, accounting for nearly 60% of all domestic sea trade.

December 05, 2016

Somaliland Private Sector Poised for Growth

OEF’s Shuraako program hosted the Somaliland Investment Forum in Hargeisa in late 2016, an event that brought together entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders to focus on strengthening private sector development and investment.

December 03, 2016

Secure Fisheries’ Paige Roberts Published in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

River herring are a historically important but highly overexploited fishery in the northeastern United States. Using sonar imaging and electrofishing, the research team visually counted the numbers of Blueback Herring and Alewives running up the Choptank River, Maryland, during the 2014 spawning sea...

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