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Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions @oceansolutions.stanford.edu · 29d

A recent paper highlights that more scrutiny of domestic fishing fleets at ports could help deter #IUUfishing.

Read more from @oceansolutions.stanford.edu managing director @elizabethselig.bsky.social, who led the study. ⤵️

Elizabeth Selig @elizabethselig.bsky.social · 29d

Our paper shows that the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a global agreement to end #IUUFishing, has made it harder for foreign vessels to land catches where they are not subject to PSMA monitoring. We highlight ways to strengthen its impact: 1/ tinyurl.com/yfx5t2hb

Leveraging port state measures to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing

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King Center on Global Development @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social · 29d

💧 A South African study found trace amounts of HIV meds in rivers/dams.

🚀 Now, the King Center's HIV Wastewater in South Africa Epidemiology Initiative and SAMRC are expanding surveillance, including rural areas never monitored before.

Science > speculation. 🌍🧪

🗞️ Read more: bit.ly/489kXCh

King Center on Global Development @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social · Sep 8

📸 Got a great world view?

Enter the King Center’s Global Development Photo Contest to showcase your perspective + win 🎶🎭🏈 tickets (thanks to
Stanford Live & Stanford Athletics)🌍

👉 Learn more & submit: kingcenter.stanford.edu/global-devel...

#GlobalDevelopment #PhotoContest #Stanford

King Center on Global Development @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social · Sep 8

💡 With shrinking aid budgets, how can we do more with less?

What could smarter, more impactful global aid look like? 🌍

On 9/30, join us for our Future of Aid series with Rachel Glenner, Center for Global Development & Norma Altshuler Open Philanthropy.

👉Register now: bit.ly/4mbL1QL

#FutureOfAid

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King Center on Global Development @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌊🐟 King Center affiliated researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow Jean-Baptiste Jouffray's co-authored study highlights how inspecting domestic vessels, in addition to foreign ones, is key to deterring illegal fishing.👇

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions @oceansolutions.stanford.edu · Sep 5

#NewPaper in Science Advances finds that domestic fishing vessels account for the majority of port visits around the world. Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing.

🔗 stanford.io/45LXlB2
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King Center on Global Development @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ethnic divisions and political or economic challenges can make it harder to build peace and foster development but history demonstrates that these barriers have been overcome before, and they can be again. Read about Faculty Affiliate @saumjha.bsky.social's research via @voxdev.bsky.social.

VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Sep 1

Many poor, ethnically divided societies are caught in an ‘ethnic growth trap’, where conflict, low public investment, and political economy dynamics reinforce each other, hindering development.

Read today's article w/ @saumjha.bsky.social to learn more:

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King Center on Global Development @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social · Feb 12

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