In Fonseca, La Guajira, a group of ex-combatants supported by PASO Colombia is scaling up their enterprise of laying hens in a silvopastoral system, generating income and savings opportunities for neighboring communities.

In Fonseca, La Guajira, a group of ex-combatants supported by PASO Colombia is scaling up their enterprise of laying hens in a silvopastoral system, generating income and savings opportunities for neighboring communities.

The event brought together fisheries conflict experts from academia, policy development, and NGOs.

The establishment of the new MDAT-GOG reporting "network" in the Gulf of Guinea and the associated changes to UKHO chart Q6114, have raised odd questions about the definitions and purpose of risk and reporting areas associated with maritime piracy. 

East Africa Information Sharing

OEF’s Executive Director and Chief Operating Office, Jon Bellish talks about OEF’s commitment to Relentless Empiricism as core to its belief in and support of iterative problem-solving and careful, analytical design. He discusses how OEF relies on evidence to cut through complexities in order to sol...

A new report by One Earth Future and Alliance for Peacebuilding presents the result of a survey asking peacebuilders and researchers about their perception of what kind of evidence exists and what kind is needed to improve work in the peacebuilding field.

After three years of programmatic incubation, OEF’s Stable Seas program has reached a new milestone. Because of the team’s success demonstrating how accessible information on the relationships between maritime security and on-shore violence can shape the preparedness of government leaders, on May 1s...

The interactive map is a collection of detailed case studies compiled by fisheries conflict experts from around the globe.

Is a world without war possible in the 21st century? Trends in armed conflict and a developing body of social scientific research suggest that this idea is plausible.

Two reincorporated communities in Mutatá, Antioquia, receive training in the creation of audiovisual pieces for the commercialization of their enterprises. They are now starting their first crowdfunding campaign to build a productive infrastructure that will benefit the region.

Using Secure Fisheries’ research and on-the-ground experience, this 6-page brief covers critical elements of the fisheries co-management process in the Somali region.

Secure Fisheries’ Sarah Glaser presented new work, with Dr. Isigi Kadadi and Colleen Devlin, on the links between conflict and fisheries governance in East Africa.

Answering the question of why people rebel is central to understanding civil war. Research shows that civil wars and rebellion are neither driven by ancient hatreds between ethnic groups nor simply by opportunistic greed.