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The Western Area Peninsula National Park (WAP-NP) is located in the Freetown Peninsula on the western end of the coast of Sierra Leone and forms part of the Upper Guinean Forest Ecosystem. It is one of Sierra Leone’s eight biodiversity hotspots and has been protected since it was gazetted in 1916. Communities in and around the WAP-NP rely largely on fishing, tourism, farming, and small-scale mining for their livelihoods. However, between 2010 and 2022, approximately 1,300 hec

Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) refer to the cross-border movement of money that has been illegally earned, transferred or used. IFFs arise from different kinds of activities, such as cross-border tax avoidance, illegal commercial practices, criminal activities such as human trafficking, and illegal markets (e.g. arms and drug trafficking) as well as bribery and theft by corrupt government officials. IFFs have significant negative impacts on the economies of developing countri

Nature crimes across the Amazon pose a threat to conservation and sustainable development, harming the forests, local communities, Indigenous Peoples, civil society organisations (CSOs), and even governments. Generating up to $281 billion USD globally, nature crime is driven by high commodity prices, such as the price of gold, which provide economic incentives for illegal, extractive activities. Often linked to other types of crime - such as drug trafficking, human traffickin

Zimbabwean human rights defenders and anti-corruption lawyers advocating for communities suffering the consequences of environmental...

Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) actions are deployed as an intimidation tool by powerful corporations...

In the past few years, the number of dark vessels carrying illegal goods such as sanctioned crude oil has been increasing in...