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Corruption and crime in the forestry sector are closely interrelated. Much of the world‚'s remaining primary forests containing high-value timber are found in countries with weak governance, where corruption is systemic and forest crime is rampant. One reason that the illegal wood trade and the corruption that facilitates it have flourished is that, by laundering illegal wood in supply chains in ways that make it difficult to distinguish from legal wood, criminals and corrupt actors have generally evaded scrutiny. Wood forensic science has the potential to reveal illicit activities that are otherwise easily disguised, bringing a new level of transparency and accountability to the international timber trade.

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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.

The Deforestation and Conversion Free (DCF) Implementation Toolkit is a process to support companies to implement commitments for beef, soy, and leather in the Amazon, Cerrado, and Chaco biomes. The toolkit can be applied by companies at different stages of maturity in DCF supply chain management and at different places along the value chain (including brands, financial institutions, meatpackers, restaurants, retailers, and soy traders). Other supply chain actors that are also focused on constructing DCF supply chain management may also find certain sections of the toolkit useful.

The world is facing multiple simultaneous crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic devastation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. As is already evident in economic rescue and stimulus packages, infrastructure development is central to whether countries can effectively meet national and global sustainability targets. The coming tsunami of investment demonstrates the opportunity to change course: an estimated $95 trillion in new infrastructure is needed by 2040 to meet global demand for growth, double what existed in 2012. A paradigm shift is necessary toward policies that support comprehensive planning, rapid decarbonization, and ecosystem conservation to ensure investment in resilient infrastructure that taps the powerful potential of nature-based solutions, aligned with the global goals. A society-wide response, including the private, financial, and public sectors, is essential to deliver the combined technical capacity, data, and expertise necessary for implementation.

The US government and its various federal agencies have historically played a leading role in advancing conservation efforts globally, as well as domestically. WWF believes the US needs to not only continue but redouble those efforts in order to meet the global environmental challenges confronting us. Learn more about the priorities WWF is advocating for with the new Administration and Congress and why the US needs to help lead the way.

WWF‚'s white paper Moving From a Linear to a Circular Economy outlines the key policy priorities we have as we work to end plastic leakage into nature, ensure communities are treated equitably in materials production and waste management, and transition from an economy that creates waste to one that cares for our planet.

A business case from The Markets Institute at WWF identifies the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a potential player in bringing fresh produce to people who may lack access through existing services. "Farmers Post" proposes a model that can reduce on-farm crop loss and overcome affordability and accessibility hurdles of other food delivery services by using the vast logistical network of the USPS to deliver food surplus direct from farm to consumers.

This concept could help the bottom lines of farmers and the USPS, get healthy food to communities and households without many other options, and decrease food loss in a win for both people and nature. Do you want fruit and veggies delivered to your mailbox?

Read other analyses that make the business case for sustainability.

WWF designed and developed an electronic fishing logging system, together with fishermen, authorities, researchers and observers on board, which allows fishermen to use their mobile devices to electronically record and transmit catch and fishing effort data. This brochure summarizes the benefits associated with adopting this system, details the success that the implementation of the system has had in several countries, and indicates some future plans to expand the system in other regions and fisheries.

To protect the world‚'s most vital, free-flowing rivers, WWF is undertaking a four-part strategy that includes strategic energy and basin planning, policy protections for rivers and communities, advocacy and outreach, and science and thought leadership.

This Brief examines community-based anti-corruption efforts in natural resource management in order to better understand their rationales, potentialities, and challenges‚ – especially complications posed by the intersection of such initiatives with national-level dynamics of institutional capture. The authors present a case study from northeastern Madagascar in order to empirically explore such dynamics, and conclude with a discussion of how multi-level anti-corruption interventions might offer a promising way forward for reducing corruption in natural resource management for certain high-value landscapes or resources that might be subject to challenges connected to institutional capture.

For more information and resources, visit the TNRC Knowledge Hub.

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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.