Forest Resources
Colombia Land for Prosperity - Southern Meta and the Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park: Impact & Performance Evaluation Baseline Report
This report presents the baseline findings of the Land for Prosperity - Southern Meta and the Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park project (2019–2024) evaluation.
Community Perspectives in USAID Biodiversity Programs
In 2023, USAID supported participatory photography workshops in the Philippines, Peru, and Madagascar, collaborating with local partners and communities to capture their unique perspectives on biodiversity conservation and its impact on their daily lives.
Tracking the Trade: Increasing Efficiency and Transparency in Tanzania's Timber Sector
The forestry sector is immensely important to Tanzania’s economy but corruption robs much of the revenue and the government's ability to effectively manage timber harvesting.
Corruption in Community-Based Conservation: A Synthesis of Lessons
This TNRC Topic Brief examines the key design features of Community Based Conservation (CBC), focusing on the impact of corruption in the establishment and operation of CBC projects, to draw out lessons for conservation and NRM practitioners.
Community Forestry and Reducing Corruption: Perspectives From the Peruvian Amazon
Indigenous communities play an essential role in successful forest conservation.
Pathways for Targeting Renewable Resource Corruption: A Summary of Evidence
This brief summarizes empirical evidence and learning from research led by the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center as part of the five-year, USAID-supported, Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) Project.
Guide to Conducting Corruption Risk Assessments in a Wildlife Law Enforcement Context
This guide is a high-level “how-to” for carrying out a corruption risk assessment in a conservation law enforcement context, using the Map, Characterize, Assess, and Recommend (MCAR) approach designed by the Basel Institute on Governance.
Conducting a Corruption-Oriented Situation Analysis for Conservation Work: Guidance From Experience
This guide explains how conducting a corruption-oriented situation analysis can help conservation and natural resource management (NRM) practitioners understand and respond to the threats that corruption poses to conservation and NRM outcomes.
The Open Government Partnership and Anti-corruption in Conservation: Templates for Collective Action
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a collaboration of over 150 national and local governments and more than 1000 civil society partners working to promote transparent, participatory, inclusive, and accountable governance.
Corruption Risks and Anti-Corruption Responses in Sustainable Livelihood Interventions
Sustainable livelihood projects can be vulnerable to corruption risks that may contribute to further social and environmental damage.
Hariyo Ban II Fact Sheet
Building on the accomplishments and learnings of Phase I, the Hariyo Ban II program works to address and minimize biodiversity threats and climate vulnerabilities in Nepal, by improving conservation management and increasing ecological and community resilience in key biodiverse landscapes.
Natural Wealth Fact Sheet
Natural Wealth works with the Government of Colombia to preserve biodiversity in the tropical dry forests on the Caribbean and in the grasslands and freshwater ecosystems in Orinoquia.
Amazon Indigenous Rights and Resources Fact Sheet
The Amazon Indigenous Rights and Resources Activity (AIRR) encourages indigenous peoples’ participation in the sustainable economic development of the Amazon to preserve biodiversity and reduce CO2 emissions caused by forest loss.
Strengthening the Capacities of Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon Fact Sheet
The Strengthening the Capacities of Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon activity, part of USAID’s Amazon Regional Environment Program, provides grants and technical assistance to Indigenous Peoples’ organizations in the Amazon region to help them improve their financial resources management, development planning, and priorities.
Colombia Land for Prosperity - Southern Meta and the Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park: Impact & Performance Evaluation Design Report
This document outlines the approach to the Land for Prosperity Southern Meta and the Vicinity of Chiribiquete National Park evaluation, including research questions, methodology, timeline, analytical framework, and sampling strategy.
USAID Cambodia Green Future Fact Sheet
The USAID Cambodia Green Future Activity works to empower Cambodian citizens and civil society with the knowledge and skills to use evidence-based communication systems to influence positive actions to support biodiversity conservation, forest protection, and broad sustainable natural resource management.
Case Study: Lessons from Engaging the Private Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Alianza Forestal
The lessons highlighted in this case study come from interviews with private-sector actors, implementing partners, conservation organizations, and Mission staff involved in three USAID activities engaging the private sector for environment outcomes.
Actions for Promoting Transparent Natural Resource Governance in Colombia | An Overview
This executive summary presents the main topics addressed in the research project for the study of the drivers, the scope of the recommendations to counteract acts of corruption and its link with organized crime, as well as the relevance of addressing the prioritized actions.
Transparent governance of natural resources in Colombia | Final Report
Transparent Governance of Natural Resources (TGNR) is a project funded by USAID and executed by WWF with three (3) organizations that contributed information and the methodology for the analysis.
Acciones para promover la Gobernanza Transparente de los Recursos Naturales en Colombia | Una mirada general
Este resumen ejecutivo presenta los principales temas abordados en el proyecto de investigación.
