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Essam Yassin Mohammed (Arabic: عصام ياسين محمد) is a British Eritrean fisheries scientist and development economist. He is the global lead for climate resilience and environmental sustainability with WorldFish Center. Prior to that, he was head of blue economy at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). In addition to his academic and professional experience as fisheries scientist, he holds a PhD in development economics. He has worked in both governmental and non-governmental research institutions on a wide range of topics, from economic valuation of environmental goods and services and fiscal reforms to connectivity between areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters and the climate change and food security nexus - influencing policy processes to promote fair, inclusive and sustainable ocean-based economies both at national and global levels. Essam has more than two decades of international, multi-country experience in Sub-Saharan Africa, (South, South East, and East) Asia, Latin America and Europe. He has advised many governments including (and not limited to): Bangladesh, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cambodia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Myanmar, Vietnam, Albania, Egypt, and Lebanon. He is a member of several advisory bodies including the Group of Experts for the Second Cycle of the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment of United Nations.

Essam is known as one of the most prominent voices of the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean. He represents the State of Eritrea in the ongoing intergovernmental process to establish a legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. He argues that "the equitable distribution of conservation benefits of the high seas should be at the core of the negotiations." He also argues that for these negotiations to be effective and fair, it is crucial the people living in coastal communities in the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS) are listened to and have an active role in protecting and sustainably managing the ocean. He is famously quoted as saying "[the governance of the high seas] is about sustainably sharing 50 per cent of the planet with 100 per cent of the world’s population."

Essam received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Asmara in Eritrea and received his PhD from Nagoya University in Japan. He speaks multiple languages including Tigrinya (native), Arabic, English, Amharic and Japanese.

Early life and career
Essam Yassin Mohammed was born on 9 June 1980 in Tripoli, Libya. As a child he moved to Eritrea where he was educated. Up on completing his studies from the University of Asmara, he joined the Ministry of Fisheries of the State of Eritrea in October 2001. He initially worked as a fisheries scientist and was then promoted to lead a Fisheries Promotion Unit of the ministry where he discovered his interest in human and nature interaction in natural resources management. In 2006, he joined the Graduate School of International Development of Nagoya University in Japan where he received his master's degree in international development, majoring in economic development policy and management. He enrolled to a PhD programme of the same graduate school in 2008. He successfully completed his PhD in 2010, becoming the first person to complete his programme in two years in the history of the graduate school. His PhD dissertation is titled "measuring the benefits of environmental improvement using stated preference techniques: theory and practice".

Selected Publications
Essam has published more than 80 scientific papers, book chapters and policy briefs in the fields of environmental economics, natural resources governance and fisheries science. Some of his publications include:
 * Peerzadi Rumana Hossain, T.S Amjath-Babu, Timothy J. Krupnik, Melody Braun, Essam Yassin Mohammed, Michael Phillips (2021) Developing climate information services for aquaculture in Bangladesh: A decision framework for managing temperature and rainfall variability induced risks. Frontiers in sustainable food systems.
 * Popova, E., Vousden, D., Sauer, W., Mohammed, E., Allain, V., Downey-Breedt, N., Fletcher, F., Gjerde, K., Halping, P., Kelly, S., Obura, D., Pecl, G., Roberts, M., Raitsos, D., Rogers, A., Samoilys, M., Sumaila, R., Tracey, S., Yool, A. 2019. Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in developing countries. Marine Policy. Volume 104, June 2019, Pages 90-102
 * Bladon, A.J., Mohammed, E.Y., Ali, L. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. 2018. Developing a frame of reference for fisheries management and conservation interventions. Fisheries Research 208, 296-308.
 * Bladon, A.J., Mohammed, E.Y., Ali, L., Hossain, B., Kibria, G. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. 2018. Evaluating the ecological and social targeting of a compensation scheme in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE 13(6), e0197809.
 * Porras, I., Mohammed, E.Y., Ali, L., Ali, M.S., Hossain, M.B. (2017). Power and profits in Bangladesh’s hilsa fishery: a value chain analysis. Marine Policy, vol 84, pp. 60-68
 * Mohammed, E.Y., Steinbach, D., Steele, P., and Milligan, B. 2017. Fiscal reforms for sustainable marine fisheries governance: Institutional frameworks and design essentials. In Svenssona, L.E., Nunes, A.L.D.P., Pushpam K., and Anil Markandy. (eds). Handbook on the Economics and Management for Sustainable Oceans.
 * Ferrier, S., K.N. Ninan, P. Leadley, R. Alkemade, G. Kolomytsev, M. Moraes, E.Y. Mohammed and Y. Trisurat, 2016: Overview and vision. In IPBES, 2016: Methodological assessment of scenarios and models of biodiversity and ecosystem services, Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Bonn, Germany.

Books
Mohammed, E.Y. and Uraguchi, Z. B. (Eds.) 2018. Financial inclusion for poverty alleviation: issues and case studies for sustainable development. Routledge, Oxton, UK.

Mohammed, E. Y. (E.d.). 2014. Economic incentives for marine and coastal conservation: prospects, challenges and policy Implications. Routledge, Oxton, UK.