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Characteristics of Successful Sustainable Fishery Initiatives
September 2019 | Posted in: Blue Swimming Crab, California Fisheries, Finance, Long-Term View, Market Research, Tuna, VCA
Over the past six years, Wilderness Markets has assessed sustainable fisheries investment opportunities in more than fifteen different wild capture fisheries worldwide. Our specific objective is defining how to make
Is Losing the Amazon Inevitable?
August 2019 | Posted in: Finance, Long-Term View, Market Research
As the Amazon burns, and the world responds, this might be a good time to reflect on some of the key drivers of this tragedy.
Three major trends have combined
Fisheries Improvements & Social Impacts
August 2019 | Posted in: Finance, Long-Term View
Many years ago, when I was a hotel manager at a resort in a national marine park, I was roundly castigated for employing poachers as guards and fishermen as boat
LEVERAGE LEAD FIRMS: ENDURANCE AND EFFICIENCY
June 2019 | Posted in: Blue Swimming Crab, Finance, Long-Term View, Market Research
Wilderness Markets’ goal with lead firm projects is to attract private, return-seeking impact investment and complement ongoing work by fishery managers and NGOs to improve fisheries.
IPBES global report: Species extinction rate is accelerating
May 2019 | Posted in: Market Research
This recently released report makes for sobering reading for all.
One of the key challenges we will all face is how to address the challenge of climate change, environmental
Blue Star Foods initiative shows 3BL efforts work
January 2019 | Posted in: Blue Swimming Crab, Finance, Long-Term View, VCA
BSC fisherman with new vessel tracking device
Blue Star Foods, the Miami, Florida based seafood specialist, is proving that it is possible to have a sustainable
Dr. Richard Leakey – Presentation on Conservation
June 2018 | Posted in: Market Research
Dr. Richard Leakey recently presented some thoughts on conservation in Cape Town at the 2017 Conservation Lab.
He made some excellent comments regarding the current and future challenges of conservation
Investing for Sustainable Fisheries Needs Funding for Capacity Building
May 2018 | Posted in: Long-Term View
Impact investors are ready to invest increasing amounts of impact capital in sustainable fisheries; what’s missing are profitable businesses and organizations with the capacity to accept investment. These profitable “investible
Is this what success looks like?
May 2018 | Posted in: Long-Term View
An ongoing discussion between people in the conservation finance community is how we define success.
Reviewing the data – which we like to do (see below) – does not demonstrate much
Marine Heat Waves More Common and Lasting Longer Globally
May 2018 | Posted in: Long-Term View
A study done by the Marine Heatwaves International Working Group showed that there has been a 54% increase globally in the number of “marine heat wave days” per year
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