The latest edition of the ‘Meet the Nature Crime Alliance’ webinar series takes place on Thursday 3 October, covering issues across wildlife crime, timber traceability, and the global landscape of criminalisation for environmental offences.
Katalin Kecse-Nagy, Wildlife Crime Research Officer, UNODC, will share highlights from the 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report. Tanya Wyatt, Lead Researcher, Crimes that Affect the Environment, UNODC, will explore the global landscape of criminalisation for environmental offences. And we will hear from Jade Saunders, Executive Director of World Forest ID, who will share updates on the organisation’s science-based traceability efforts, aimed at increasing transparency in forest-connected supply chains.
The webinar convenes via Zoom on Thursday 3 October, 9am ET / 3pm CET
Register. https://www.wri.org/events/2024/10/meet-nature-crime-alliance-3
This edition will include two presentations from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on their recent pertinent research publications.
Katalin Kecse-Nagy, Wildlife Crime Research Officer, UNODC, will share highlights from the 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report. Produced by UNODC, the report presents characteristics of the illegal wildlife trade, the harms caused by – and the drivers of – wildlife crime, and approaches that have worked to stop these crimes.
Tanya Wyatt, Lead Researcher, Crimes that Affect the Environment, UNODC, will unpack highlights from the Landscape of Criminalization report, which analyzes the state of criminalization of violations of environmental offenses across nine environmental areas – deforestation and logging, mining, fishing, air, noise, soil, and water pollution, waste and wildlife. The analysis also includes the penalties for violations and whether this meets the definition of serious crime set out in the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of at least four years in prison.
Jade Saunders, Executive Director, World Forest ID, will share updates on the organization’s science-based traceability efforts, aimed at increasing transparency in forest-connected supply chains. By identifying the true origin of samples, World Forest ID’s origin models have directly supported law enforcement in tackling the trade of deforestation-linked commodities, contributing to recent enforcement cases and attracting global media attention.
The webinar takes place on Zoom on Thursday 3 October, 9am ET / 2pm UK time / 3pm CET
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The Nature Crime Alliance Secretariat supported IUCN’s US Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) in August, facilitating two sessions on nature crime. The Secretariat’s Elodie Perrat, Senior Government Engagement Manager, and Frazer McGilvray, Consultant (Fisheries), held two workshops during the Forum to raise awareness of nature crime issues and explore ways for IUCN to approach this challenge ahead of its World Conservation Congress in 2025. Find out more.
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The complexities of fisheries crime require different sectors to work more closely together, according to Braddock Spear, Global Policy Director at the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP). Speaking to the Alliance Secretariat, Spear highlighted the multi-dimensional challenges posed by these crimes – and why they need a multi-sector response. He also highlighted how joining the Alliance has supported SFP’s work over the last year. Find out more.
Alliance expert briefs governments on illegal mining
Lynn Schlingemann, Senior Associate, Financial Crime and Corruption, Nature Crime Alliance Secretariat, participated in a meeting of the Group of Friends on Crimes that Affect the Environment, chaired by France and Peru, during recent UN Convention Against Corruption meetings in Vienna. The session convened experts from civil society, including Alliance member Wildlife Justice Commission, to share insights on environmental crime and its convergences with other forms of serious organised crime to better inform government representatives working on these issues. Schlingemann presented on illegal mining and the financial crimes associated with such activities. Find out more.
Next meeting of the Global Private Sector Dialogue
The next convening of the Global Private Sector Dialogue on the disruption of financial crimes related to crimes that affect the environment takes place online on Wednesday 16 October. The Dialogues are organised by UNODC and supported by the Nature Crime Alliance, INTERPOL and United for Wildlife. The event brings together law enforcement, the private sector, and civil society on a quarterly basis with the goal of better detecting and responding to financial crimes related to crimes that affect the environment. The Alliance Secretariat supports this initiative through the provision of in-house experts, the expansion of the network, and the development of substantive themes for discussion. For more information about the upcoming Dialogue, please contact Lynn Schlingemann: [email protected].
Welcome to new members
We’ve welcomed several new members since our last update, including the government of Peru, the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), WWF, Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, and Outlaw Ocean. View all members here.
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NEWS FROM THE ALLIANCE
Dialogue Earth feature highlights nature crime challenges in Africa
Several Nature Crime Alliance members were featured in Dialogue Earth last month in a piece exploring the challenges of environmental crime across Africa, and the need for greater international and multi-sector collaboration. The article includes comments from the governments of Ghana and Malawi, alongside the UN Environment Programme and the Alliance Secretariat. Read the piece here.
UNICRI Winter School on Environmental Crime
UNICRI and the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI) will organise the eighth edition of the Winter School on Environmental Crimes from 18 to 22 November 2024. The online course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of environmental crimes and the current responses from the criminal justice system. The deadline for applications is 3 November 2024. Find out more.
World Forest ID’s Jade Saunders awarded Mulago Prize
Jade Saunders, Executive Director of World Forest ID, was awarded the Mulago Foundation’s Henry Arnhold Fellowship, which recognises individuals with groundbreaking ideas and the leadership capabilities to implement them effectively. Read more.
Wildlife Justice Commission’s podcasts commended
The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC)’s podcast, ‘Wildlife Kingpin: Operation Dragon’, was honoured at the Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, winning the award for Best Podcast. ‘Operation Dragon’ sheds light on the investigation conducted by WJC that brought to justice some of the biggest turtle and tortoise traffickers in Southeast Asia. Another WJC podcast, ‘Wildlife Kingpin: The Rise and Fall of Ah Nam’, received a nomination.
Listen to WJC’s podcasts here.
FACT Coalition launches environmental crime newsletter
FACT Coalition have launched a newsletter focusing on efforts to combat environmental crimes. The newsletter, which is published on a biannual basis in September and June, highlights efforts by FACT as well as perspectives from its members and allies. They are currently inviting items for their Spring 2025 edition. Find out more.
If Alliance members have activities or information they’d like featured in this newsletter, please contact Luke Foddy, Communications Manager, at [email protected]
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