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Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a widespread and lucrative criminal activity causing major global environmental and social harm. The IWT has been estimated to be worth up to £17 billion a year. Nearly 6,000 different species of fauna and flora are impacted, with almost every country in the world playing a role in the illicit trade. The UK government is committed to tackling illegal trade of wildlife products and is a long-standing leader in efforts to eradicate the IWT. Defra manages the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund, which is a competitive grants scheme with the objective of tackling IWT and, in doing so, contributing to sustainable development in developing countries. Projects funded under the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund address one, or more, of the following themes: • Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT, • Strengthening law enforcement, • Ensuring effective legal frameworks, • Reducing demand for IWT products. By 2023 over £51 million has been committed to 157 projects since the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund was established in 2013. This page contains information about Rounds 7 onwards. For information about Rounds 1 to 6, please see the IWTCF website -https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/
MC IV Afrishell Ltd
British International Investment plc
MC IV Afrishell Ltd is a special-purpose vehicle through which BII co-invests alongside Mediterrania Capital Partners, FMO, and BIO into Coris Holding, a leading West and Central African banking group. Coris operates across ten countries in West and Central Africa: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Togo, Senegal, Benin, Niger, Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Chad. Coris offers a broad range of financial products, including retail banking and consumer credit for individuals; corporate banking for SMEs and larger corporates; mesofinance; and Islamic banking services that comply with Sharia principles, such as interest-free accounts, for over 800,000 customers.