Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
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Description
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/
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Alliance of Religions and Conservation Asociacion Armonia Basel Institute on Governance (International Centre for Asset Recovery) Biosfera Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Cheetah Conservation Fund Conservation Lower Zambezi Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT) Endangered Wildlife Trust Environmental Foundation (Guarantee) Ltd Environmental Investigation Agency FFI - Fauna and Flora International Free the Bears Fund Inc Fundacion Natura Bolivia International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University Lilongwe Wildlife Trust National Trust for Nature Conservation PanEco Panthera PCI Media Impact PROVITA re:wild (Global Wildlife Conservation) RENCTAS - Brazilian Network to Fight the Trafficking of Wild Animals Rising Phoenix Co. Ltd Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Royal United Services Institute Save the Rhino Trust Savé Valley Conservancy Save Vietnam's Wildlife Southern Tanzania Elephant Program Space for Giants Stop Ivory The Endangered Wildlife Trust TRAFFIC International WCS WCS - Cambodia WCS - Vietnam Programme Wild Chimpanzee Foundation WILD Foundation - Mali Elephant Project Wildlife Alliance Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) World Animal Protection WWF - UK Yayasan IAR Indonesia Yayasan Planet Indonesia Zoological Society of London Wildlife Justice Commission Nature and Development Foundation PAMS Foundation Inernational Snow Leopard Trust Birdlife International ReCTrad
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