Nathaniel Mason founded Manatee Insight to help decision makers make better choices for people and nature. Nathaniel has advised and written on major sustainable development challenges for organisations including the UN, the World Bank and the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. He has lived and worked in various countries in Africa and Asia and holds affiliations with ODI (Associate) and the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London (Honorary Senior Research Fellow).

Why Manatee Insight?

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People and nature, across resource systems. Manatees inhabit deltas and mangroves. These vital ecosystems lie at the meeting point of freshwater, land and oceans, providing food and protection from climate change to many millions of people.

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Global thinking, local details. Manatees and their sirenian relatives live in warm waters around the world. They have been associated with local cultural traditions, including Mami Wata, a water spirt venerated in several countries in Africa and the Americas.