This report compares and contrasts approaches to fisheries governance in Mozambique, Eritrea, Tanzania, Kenya, and Seychelles to assess different methods for achieving sustainable fisheries through policy and law.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

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

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.

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.