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Associate Awards under the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) project offer a unique opportunity to implement a variety of anti-corruption approaches tailored to specific contexts and conservation and natural resource management challenges. Associate Awards are non-competitive stand-alone agreements between a USAID mission or operating unit and World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US). These awards are separate from the TNRC Leader Award, whose mandate is to improve biodiversity outcomes by building knowledge among global conservation and natural resource management practitioners to better address the threats posed by corruption to wildlife, fisheries and forests.

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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.

This document is a printable version of the introductory guide on the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice topic page of the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) Knowledge Hub. It outlines the impact of corruption in law enforcement or the criminal justice system on conservation goals and approaches that can help conservation and natural resource management practitioners to strengthen their programming and related responses.

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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 rhino horn trade represents one of the four largest illegal wildlife trade flows by value and corruption is a key facilitator. Visualizing how corruption manifests along the supply chain can help conservation practitioners and wildlife management agencies better understand both the specific risks and the potential responses to combat illegal rhino horn and other illicit wildlife trades. This guide includes an infographic and accompanying text that maps the areas along the rhino horn supply chain that are most vulnerable to corruption and identifies feasible entry points for different anti-corruption approaches.

For more resources and tools, visit TNRCproject.org.

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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.

Nature-Positive Infrastructure: Mainstreaming Biodiversity to Safeguard People and the Planet full program

Asia is experiencing the highest infrastructure investment rates globally, led by transportation and energy sector expansion. Yet much of this planned infrastructure will bisect some of the world‚'s most biodiverse areas and potentially decrease human and ecological resilience to climate change and degrade vital natural resources that people depend upon for their livelihoods.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing funding over four years to increase implementation of effective safeguards for linear infrastructure in Asia ‚ – including roads, railroads, power lines, fences, and canals.  The ALIGN Project will help enhance the capacity of countries to avoid, lessen or mitigate adverse impacts from linear infrastructure development through strengthened policies and practices, shared knowledge, and increased capacity.

The ALIGN Project will be implemented by WWF, the global conservation organization, in partnership with the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, a nonprofit with expertise in reducing the impacts of linear infrastructure on biodiversity. The project will support efforts in three focal countries ‚ – India, Mongolia, and Nepal ‚ – and share lessons learned, guidance, and training materials on best practices across Asia.

The Basel Institute on Governance undertook targeted sector-level political economy analyses (PEAs) in three countries to understand why corruption risks may emerge in investigations and prosecutions of illegal wildlife trade (IWT) cases. The experience showed that PEAs can help practitioners better understand corruption risks in a specific context, complementing data from other analyses like corruption risk assessments (CRAs). Using these two analytic approaches together helps design and implement mitigation measures that take prevailing political and power dynamics into account, identifying windows of opportunity for addressing corruption risks and highlighting strategically important stakeholders that may support or oppose the intervention.

For more resources and tools, visit TNRCproject.org.
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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.

Indoor soilless farming aims to reduce many of the more harmful effects of conventional field farming, including decreasing pressures on land, biodiversity, natural habitat, and climate. However, these indoor farms often have large energy footprints, are still figuring out the best way to support local communities and need support to share experiences and move the industry forward.

In the Phase I Innovation Analysis, WWF looked at how we might address some of these challenges and help bring these systems to scale.

In Phase II, WWF has used that research as a springboard for action. This report describes Phase II activities, including:

• forming the St. Louis Controlled Environment Agriculture (STLCEA) Coalition;
• analyzing innovative energy systems utilizing various stranded assets;
• exploring potential partnerships;
• soliciting and evaluating proposals from indoor farms interested in building and running a pilot indoor farm;
• choosing an indoor farm partner to bring an integrated system to the St. Louis region;
• exploring the feasibility of a Center of Excellence (CoE) on indoor farming in the St. Louis region; and
• kicking off the CoE‚'s initial projects and developing a long-term vision.

On International Anti-Corruption Day 2022, we recognize the determination of women who are taking remarkable steps to address corruption through conservation programming. Their challenges and contexts are all different, but their stories reinforce a common understanding--only by addressing corruption behind environmental crimes, supply chain threats, and natural resource governance challenges, can we safeguard a future for communities, wildlife, fisheries and forests. Their stories inspire us to think and program differently for strengthened results.

Renata Cao's work focuses on supporting World Wildlife Fund (WWF) offices in the Latin America region to advance their counter wildlife trafficking agendas and to facilitate coordinated responses, build regional technical capacities, and forge strategic partnerships.

Daniela Gomel is a public policy and governance specialist at Fundacion Vida Silvestre, a WWF partner organization in Argentina. She manages the policy and governance dimensions of several projects related to forests, protected areas, plastics and climate change. Daniela also coordinates a Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) pilot project that focuses on promoting transparency and sharing learning to address corruption that undermines effective governance in the fisheries sector, particularly at the capture stage.

Nicola Okes represents TRAFFIC International, based in Southern Africa. She currently works across the global TRAFFIC network to coordinate engagement on issues relating to the illegal wildlife trade, with a focus on rhinos and elephants. She has previously worked on marine conservation and trade, analyzing both legal and illegal trade with the purpose of providing sustainable solutions to environmental concerns.

Shambhavi Poudel leads the Campaigns and Education Unit at WWF Nepal. She works closely with children and young people, placing them at the core of conservation interventions. She recently helped to design a new pilot activity under the TNRC project that focuses on mobilizing youth to promote good community forest governance.

For more resources and tools, visit TNRCproject.org.

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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.

Transparent 2022 is the third annual report from ReSource: Plastic, providing an update on how Member companies are addressing plastic pollution and identifying new opportunities to maximize impact.