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Securing a Sustainable Blue Economy: West Africa’s Fight Against Illegal Fishing

January 26, 2026 By John O. Oladipo, NLAI Associate In a region where the ocean is a vital source of food, jobs, and economic stability, West African nations are strengthening their response to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF), a practice that costs Africa an estimated $11 billion annually. That eye-watering figure was cited during […]

Governance and Finance in the Blue Economy: What’s happening

Welcome to the first edition of NLAI's Blue Economy Pulse. Over time, Pulse will explore the many facets of the Blue Economy, including marine planning and implementation, combining synergistic sustainable ocean activities, stakeholder inclusion and science, technology and innovation. In this edition we focus on blue economy governance and finance, two areas ripe for innovation […]

Accelerating the Blue Economy – the role of Multilateral Development Banks

By Belinda Bramley, Associate, NLA International As a recent podcast from the Overseas Development Institute highlights, the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) occupy a unique role in combining the financing of development with the provision of essential public goods, including research and forecasts, technical knowledge and policy advice. How they engage with partner countries in supporting the Blue Economy […]

Collaborate to Coordinate: Strategic Approaches to Blue Economy Development

By Belinda Bramley, Associate, NLA International Cancún’s location on the Caribbean Sea makes it one of Mexico’s top tourist destinations. Image credit: Consejo de Promocion Turistica de Quintana Roo. In our previous article, we considered the overall scale and types of activities underway within the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to support Blue Economy development around the world. We know to […]

Multilateral Development Banks and the Blue Economy Opportunity

The Blue Economy Opportunity The Blue Economy offers huge potential for new and existing ocean sectors to develop in socially and environmentally positive ways, improving the livelihoods and wellbeing of coastal communities and ocean health and resilience. Ports need to digitise, decarbonise and adapt to sea level rise; shipping needs to transition to clean energy […]

Integration is the key to sustainable Blue Economies

New call for ideas on multi-function marine projects in Asian Development Bank’s Developing Member Countries, notably Palau, the Marshall Islands and Malaysia. By Nick Lambert, Director and Co-Founder of NLA International The world’s seas and oceans – and the ecosystems, economies and livelihoods that depend on them – are under great stress. Climate change, ocean […]

From roundtables to virtual reality: effectively engaging Blue Economy stakeholders

By Belinda Bramley, NLAI Associate. As many ocean advocates across the world suggest, it is vital to involve as many stakeholders as possible in establishing and then implementing a Blue Economy approach. As we propose in our Blue Economy in Practice paper, a holistic approach “includes all sectors of society in planning for ocean activities and […]

Going circular in the Blue Economy

At the start of January, popular American YouTube creator Mr Beast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) announced a significant milestone to his 13 million Twitter followers. The #TeamSeas initiative that he led had, in a little over two months, reached its target of raising $30 million for ocean clean up activities. Famed for entertaining his nearly […]

Raising lives and livelihoods through a principle-led Blue Economy

The importance of the Blue Economy within the climate change debate received significant profile at the recent COP26 gathering in Glasgow, with the range of topics covered highlighting why its cross-cutting nature is now being taken seriously. To feature just a few activities, the UN Environment Programme held an event focused on funding a sustainable […]

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