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> Shaping Sustainable Markets research group

Annabelle Bladon

Senior researcher (inclusive blue economy), Shaping Sustainable Markets

Annabelle works on social and economic solutions for effective and equitable management and governance of aquatic resources, with a focus on small-scale artisanal fisheries and the communities they support.
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Much of her research has tackled the design, implementation and evaluation of incentive-based management systems in data-poor small-scale fisheries. Currently, she is using this learning to promote better alignment of social protection and labour systems with fisheries management for more sustainable outcomes.

She is also interested in testing solutions to fill the gap in finance required for an inclusive blue economy, including fiscal tools and sustainable business models.

Annabelle has experience working in Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Caribbean and the Western Indian Ocean.

Expertise

Small-scale and artisanal fisheries; compensation and incentives; social protection; marine protected and conserved areas; payments for ecosystem services; economic valuation; conservation finance.

Before IIED
  • Independent consultant and associate at Innovations in Conservation, LLC (ICONS), New York
  • Visiting researcher at New York University, University of Oxford, and IIED.
  • Worked with a range of public and private organisations including UNDP and FAO, Conservation Finance Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bahamas Protected Area Fund, WorldFish, the Zoological Society of London, and the Bangladesh and Cayman Islands governments.

Education

  • PhD in Marine Conservation Science, Imperial College London
  • MRes in Ecology and Environmental Management, and BSc (Hons) Biology, University of York

Current work

Promoting economic incentives for sustainable fisheries; linking social protection systems to sustainable fisheries management; assessing how fiscal tools can be used to support sustainable and inclusive fisheries; exploring innovative financing mechanisms for marine protected and conserved areas.

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Email: 
annabelle.bladon@iied.org
Twitter: @AJBladon
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Annabelle Bladon's projects

Fishing boats

Delivering sustainable fisheries through fiscal incentives

Project, Jul 2019
A fisher in a boat in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar

Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar

Project, Oct 2017

Latest publications

Climate change and aquatic food systems

Fiscal reforms to benefit Mozambique’s shrimp fisheries

Myanmar's artisanal hilsa fisheries. How much are they really worth?

Reformas fiscais para beneficiar a pesca de camarão em Moçambique

The business case for investing in Myanmar’s artisanal hilsa fishery

Informing incentive-based management of Hilsa fish in Myanmar – results of a choice experiment

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Annabelle Bladon's blog posts

A fishing trawler

Scrap devastating fishing subsidies to help save the ocean and climate

Blog, Jan 2020
Fishing boats on the Bay of Bengal

Cooperation vs. competition over shared fish stocks

Blog, Apr 2019
Fishermen hauling in nets near the Kenyan coastal town of Shimoni (Photo: Anna Kika via Flickr)

Can we save our fisheries with lessons from our forests?

Blog, Nov 2014

Links to other sites

Developing a frame of reference for fisheries management and conservation interventions

Fisheries Research, December 2018

Evaluating the ecological and social targeting of a compensation scheme in Bangladesh

June 2018

 
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