Sustainable fishing is threatened by collusion
Overfishing or the misuse of open marine resources can cause them to collapse. To cope with this problem, many governments restrict access to fishing grounds. However, corrupt practices hamper the…
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Government fisheries officials benefit from joint training by EfD-Mak and EfD Ghana
Seventeen fisheries officers from Uganda’s districts of Kampala, Mukono, Masaka, Wakiso, and Jinja have benefitted from training on the bio-economics of fisheries management, organized by EfD-Mak and…
EfD Ghana hosts Fisheries Commission experts to discuss emerging issues
The Environment for Development (EfD) Ghana invited scientific and technical committee (STC) members of the Fisheries Commission of Ghana to a meeting to discuss emerging issues in the country’s…
Stakeholders joined EfD Nigeria to review Sea Fisheries Act
Regulatory agencies, fishing companies, and other stakeholders in Nigeria’s fisheries and aquaculture sector have decided to work towards making a revised version of the Nigerian Sea Fisheries Act of…
EfD Chile researchers discussed local environmental policy with politicians and other stakeholders
The Eigth Annual Meeting on Environmental Economics was marked by face-to-face attendance and included the participation of representatives from the academic, political, business, and civil society…
EfD Uganda launches two projects regarding the National Water and Forest Authorities
The Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) Makerere Centre has launched two new collaborative projects, one on improving the National Water Authority’s water bill payments and one analysis of…
“Economists need to be empirical in teaching and researching the economics of water”
Professor Michael Hanemann urged economists to be empirical rather than theoretical when teaching and researching the economics of water when he made his keynote presentation at EfD’s Annual Meeting…
Uganda’s policymakers implored to address forest loss, plastic and water pollution
Policymakers in Uganda were urged to take measures to mitigate environmental degradation or else, risk facing serious consequences. The appeal was made during the opening of the 16th EfD Annual…
Bangladesh ministry officers visited EfD Vietnam to learn about climate change adaptation
Ten members from the Bangladesh Ministries visited the Environment for Development Center in Vietnam to learn about how farmers in the Mekong Delta have tried to adapt to climate change.
EfD Vietnam co-hosts the Asian Congress on Carbon Neutrality
More than 300 scholars around the world participated in the hybrid 11th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE) on 19-20 August 2022. The congress connects…