The presentation of Essam Yassin Mohammed, a researcher with IIED's Sustainable Markets Group, to the IIED-hosted Innovations for equity in smallholder PES: bridging research and practice conference. The presentation, made within the second session on new research to improve understanding of participants' preferences for different PES payment formats, focused on direct economic incentives for sustainable fisheries management in Bangladesh. More information on Mohammed's work: http://pubs.iied.org/16527IIED.html. The conference took place at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh on 21 March. Further details of the conference and IIED's work with PES are available via http://www.iied.org/conference-innovations-for-equity-smallholder-pes-highlights, and can be found via the Shaping Sustainable Markets website: http://shapingsustainablemarkets.iied.org/