TNRC Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum

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Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum

This Forum is a hands-on space for practitioners of all levels from the conservation and anti-corruption communities. Through the forum, members combine talents and expertise to innovate, collaborate, exchange knowledge and information, and scale solutions from the ground up.



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This space centralizes information and updates on the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum. Working groups currently focus on land corruption, follow-the-money and financial investigations, open data, and addressing corruption in climate finance. Watch for future updates as plenaries and working groups convene in 2023-2024.


Call to Action

Environmental corruption is enabling the destruction of our planet, undermining human rights, and threatening the global transformation to environmentally sustainable economies. A growing circle of conservation and anti-corruption experts are coming together to find and implement solutions.


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Blog Post | Strengthen Alliances to Counter Environmental Corruption

Environmental corruption is a systemic problem costing trillions of dollars, affecting the lives and livelihoods of billions of people, and the future of our planet. Given the scale and cross-cutting nature of this threat, conservation and governance practitioners need to work together even more closely and more frequently than we are now.

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IACC Session | Environmental Corruption: Building Bridges Across Conservation and Anti-Corruption Practice to Stop Environmental Corruption from the Ground Up

This workshop highlights the devastating impact of corruption on the environment and emphasizes the need to place corruption, transparency, and integrity at the center of global agendas and investments aimed at safeguarding natural resources. This session took place during the 20th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) held in Washington, D.C. from 6-10 December 2022.


Forum Objectives & Structure

This forum supports the exchange of knowledge, experience and evidence, facilitates open discussion and collaboration, and surfaces priorities for advocacy and programmatic interventions. Follow the link below for frequently asked questions.


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About the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum

While there are excellent and well-established fora dedicated to policy and advocacy work, only a handful of projects are currently working on countering corruption at the source. This Forum is distinct in two important ways. First, it focuses on expanding practice. Second, the community centers on issues of corruption, with core working groups.


Working Groups

Land Corruption


This working group is a space for professionals working (or aspiring) to target land corruption's impact on people and the environment to connect and collaborate on solutions.


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Collaboration Avenues: Targeting Land Corruption

Land corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain in land administration and management. This blog post outlines key issues and approaches discussed in 2023 meetings of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum Land Corruption Working Group.



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Working Group Meetings | 4 October 2023

Meetings occur on the first Wednesday of every other month. For details on how to join, sign up for the forum.


Follow-the-Money & Financial Investigations


This working group is a space for professionals working (or aspiring) to target the illicit finances of environmental criminals to connect and collaborate with others.


Collaboration Avenues: Following-the-Money

Follow-the-money is the process of tracing financial transactions in order to find the source of illegal activity. This blog post outlines key issues and approaches discussed in 2023 meetings of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum Follow-the-Money Working Group.


Follow-the-Money & Financial Investigations

Follow-the-money techniques are essential to detect, investigate and prosecute environmental criminals and their corrupt facilitators. This working group is seeking to tackle the illicit finances of environmental criminals.




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Working Group Meetings | 16 August 2023

Meetings occur on the third Wednesday of each month. For details on how to join, see the flier above.


Climate Finance


This working group is a space for professionals working (or aspiring) to target the corruption linked to climate finance to connect and collaborate with others.


Collaboration Avenues: Targeting Corruption Linked to Climate Finance

Corruption harms the environment and is a major driver of the climate crisis. The cost of responding to it, adapting to and mitigating the worst effects of global heating, will be immense. These huge financial investments create tempting opportunities for corruption. This blog post outlines key issues and approaches discussed in 2023 meetings of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum Climate Finance Working Group.

Open Data


This working group is a space for professionals working (or aspiring) to target corruption using open data analysis and connect and collaborate with others.


Collaboration Avenues: Using open data to counter environmental corruption

Corruption undermines conservation outcomes. To address the detrimental effects of corruption, a wealth of data from governments, companies, and citizens is being made available that can be leveraged to monitor environmental data and uncover illicit and corrupt behavior. Open data analysis provides an efficient and cost-effective method for identifying potential corruption risks and actors. This blog post outlines key issues and approaches discussed in 2023 meetings of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum Open Data Working Group.

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LinkedIn Group: Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum

This LinkedIn group is a dedicated space for the members to promote practices, share experiences, and learn from each other. The group is open to professionals from diverse backgrounds, including government, civil society, academia, and the private sector, committed to addressing environmental corruption and promoting sustainable development. Subscription to the forum is required to join this group.

More Resources


Further information will be added as priorities are formalized for this Forum. To access research, evidence, guidance on core topics, case studies, expert insights, and practical tools from the TNRC consortium, visit the Knowledge Hub.

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