Working Paper 39 Behavioural drivers of corruption facilitating illegal wildlife trade: Problem analysis and

To be of use to IWT practitioners, a first step is to focus on the particular practices and patterns of corruption linked to IWT, and to consider the incentives and motivations of those who engage in them. [...] 24 There is a strong consensus in the literature reviewed and amongst the experts consulted that more evidence is needed to narrow down the instances, practices, risks, and behaviours that are relevant and concrete enough to support the design of tailored interventions to address corruption enabling IWT. [...] Consistent with this reasoning is the framing of corruption as the result of a problem in a principal-agent relationship that can be traced to inadequate laws or regulations and/or to weak formal institutions and mechanisms responsible for overseeing and enforcing implementation of the rules. [...] BASEL INSTITUTE ON GOVERNANCE 32 4 A review of experiences applying BI in CWT programmes and interventions A review of the literature and stakeholder mapping reveals that the conservation community in general, and IWT practitioners in particular, have amassed a rich array of tools and experiences for informing their programmes and interventions. [...] → The People Not Poaching Communities and IWT Learning Platform – a joint project between the IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and TRAFFIC – fosters learning and experience sharing to support and engage communities in initiatives to reduce poaching and IWT.