Training
The practical tools below have been engineered to assist project designers and implementers who seek to reduce the impact of corruption on conservation. To access topic-specific issue analysis, research papers, case studies, expert insights, and more, visit the Knowledge Hub.
TNRC eCourse
Introduction to Corruption, Anti-Corruption and Natural Resource Management
It’s generally acknowledged that corrupt practices can undermine the sound management of natural resources, facilitate environmental crime and illegal trade, and drive resources away from the public good and into private hands. But conservation practitioners often feel obligated to treat corruption as something that they must program around, due in part to a lack of insight on approaches that could advance anti-corruption outcomes. This introductory course has been designed to support conservation experts who have little to no prior understanding of anti-corruption.
Who is this eCourse for?
This self-paced 90-minute eCourse is designed for conservation and natural resource management practitioners working globally in project design and implementation in the wildlife, forests, and fisheries sectors, either in the field or at central offices. It is also relevant to conservation practitioners working at the policy-level, internally or externally.
Why take the course?
Improving understanding of corruption, its drivers and facilitators, and the range of possible approaches (that include, but also extend beyond detection and enforcement) is the first step to targeting natural resource corruption. This course introduces basic learning from anti-corruption research and practice to help break down the concept of corruption and expand understanding of the ways that it can be addressed in conservation programming. Case studies are included from the wildlife, forests, and fisheries sectors, based on real-world experiences.
By taking this course, you’ll improve your ability to:
- Identify corrupt behaviors, including how they differ from other negative and illegal behaviors
- Describe factors that can “cause” corruption in natural resource management
- Understand the diversity of anti-corruption approaches that can be considered in natural resource management programming
Your email is required to track course progress and we may share this information with TNRC consortium member, TRAFFIC. It will only be used for status tracking and you will not be subscribed to any communications. You may request to have your information updated or deleted at any time.
Are you WWF staff? Take the course through our internal learning platform.
Duration: About 90 minutes
This course was developed by anti-corruption and conservation experts in the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption Project and adapted into a self-paced eCourse by WWF-US and TRAFFIC.
TNRC eCourse
Engaging the financial sector to reduce money-laundering and corruption linked to wildlife trade
Financial institutions have the power to follow and stop the profits derived from illegal activities—including conservation crimes that may be facilitated by corruption. The conservation community has important knowledge and expertise that can be shared with the financial sector to increase understanding of risks to financial institutions. Increasing engagement between conservation practitioners and financial institutions can also spur actions to freeze the assets of high-level criminals behind wildlife crime and corruption. Many practitioners don’t know where to begin. This course is designed to help.
Who is this eCourse for?
This self-paced two-hour eCourse has been developed for conservation and natural resource management professionals working globally in project design and implementation to combat the illegal wildlife trade. Little to no understanding of the financial sector is required. The course is also relevant to conservation practitioners working at the policy-level.
Why take the course?
Financial investigations have great potential to unpack and disrupt illegal wildlife trade, but more attention is placed on arresting those directly involved in poaching and trafficking. The result is that low-level actors, such as poachers, are caught and prosecuted, leaving individuals at the higher ranks of criminal groups and larger beneficiaries of crimes free to continue undermining conservation. Following the money, confiscating proceeds and assets, and arresting professional money launderers linked to the trade may achieve greater impact. Conservation practitioners can benefit from a stronger understanding of how to engage financial institutions to address money laundering and corruption connected to illegal wildlife trade.
By taking this course, you’ll improve your ability to:
- Understand what money laundering is and its relationship to corruption
- Identify where the interests and obligations of financial institutions overlap with those of the conservation community
- Understand the role financial intelligence and suspicious transaction reporting can play in illegal wildlife trade investigations
- Feel empowered to engage financial institutions
Your email is required to track course progress and we may share this information with TNRC consortium member, TRAFFIC. It will only be used for status tracking and you will not be subscribed to any communications. You may request to have your information updated or deleted at any time.
Are you WWF staff? Take the course through our internal learning platform.
Duration: About 2 hours
This course was developed by financial flows, anti-corruption and wildlife trade monitoring experts at TRAFFIC, with members of the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption consortium.
TNRC eCourse (Spanish)
Acabar con el Comercio Ilegal de la Vida Silvestre
ACAMS and the World Wildlife Fund, with the support of the USAID-funded Targeting Natural Resource Corruption project, developed a Spanish version of its free-of-charge training course "Ending Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Comprehensive Overview." This certificate includes Latin America-specific case studies and will train anti-financial crime (AFC) professionals on how to better identify, investigate, and penalize financial activity linked to this criminal threat.
This content is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or individual TNRC consortium members.