The Practitioners Forum has dedicated Working Groups that regularly meet to exchange ideas, share resources and help one another navigate cases. To ensure a safe space, all sessions are held virtually and under the Chatham House Rule.

The groups are chaired by experts from the Basel Institute on Governance, Transparency International and WWF.

• Land corruption

  Tackling the abuse of power in land administration. This group works to improve transparency and integrity in land management, a cornerstone for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, protecting biodiversity, food security, water management, addressing climate change, and more.

• Open data

  Governments, companies and citizens are making a wealth of data available that can be leveraged to monitor and detect illicit behaviour. This group focuses on learning how to mine and analyse this data, identifying the best sources, and sharing success stories.

• Follow-the-money

  Tracing financial transactions to find the source of illegal activity requires specialised investigative technique. This group shares resources, gives guidance and discusses case with those using “follow-the-money” methods in environmental crime cases.

• Climate finance

  As climate funding grows, so do the risks of corruption. This group shares early lessons, tools and case studies to ensure that vital resources actually reach the front lines of the climate crisis.

• Minerals corruption

  The minerals sector is prone to corruption risks, such as illegal mining and the abuse of precious metals supply chains. This group advances transparency and good governance through connecting anti-corruption practitioners and extractive resources experts to share experiences, confront common challenges and build collaborative solutions.

The Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum is a joint initiative of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Basel Institute on Governance, Transparency International and TRAFFIC.

The work is made possible in part by the generous support of the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Principality of Liechtenstein and other donors.