Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (IWTCF)
Overview
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Founded Since 1850
Company Description
About us
The UK government is committed to tackling the illegal wildlife trade. The Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund provides financial support to practical projects around the world which are:
- reducing demand for IWT products
- ensuring effective legal frameworks and deterrents
- strengthening law enforcement
- developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT
The illegal wildlife trade is a criminal industry worth more than £17 billion each year threatening both wildlife and people.
To date, the IWT Challenge Fund has supported 136 projects in over 60 countries to a value of over £43 million.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
For further information on the related funds, the Darwin Initiative and Darwin Plus working in the UK Overseas Territories, please follow the links provided below:
- Darwin Initiative:Â https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/
- Darwin Plus:Â https://darwinplus.org.uk/
Contact
For queries about project applications or relating to new and existing projects, contact the NIRAS team.
Email:Â BCF-IWTCF@niras.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 440 5506
For queries about project finance or Change Requests, contact the finance team.
Email:Â BCF-Finance@niras.com
For queries about project reporting, contact the reporting team.
Email:Â BCF-Reports@niras.com
For queries about the IWT Challenge Fund Newsletter or other communications, contact the newsletter team.
Email:Â BCF-Comms@niras.com
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Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund
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