Global Wildlife Program

Knowledge Event November 9, 2023

Women as Catalysts for Change: Gender in Evidence-based Conservation

Bringing women and other diverse actors into projects as participants, decision-makers, and agents of change is a GWP priority. It further adds value to counter illegal wildlife trade (IWT) and biodiversity conservation projects, while advancing gender equality. In this session of the GWP Gender Series, we’ll explore the evidence that involving women in conservation and IWT projects can amplify the effectiveness of the projects themselves. Informed by project experiences and in discussion with project management teams, we’ll reflect on what projects actually gain by involving women.

Knowledge Event November 2, 2023

Countering Corruption in Wildlife Trade & Conservation

Conservation and counter-wildlife trafficking initiatives are at a crucial crossroads. While the preservation of our biodiversity and natural heritage depends on the success of these endeavors, there has been reluctance to recognize anti-corruption measures as prerequisites. Effective counter-corruption action necessitates collective efforts from governments, civil society, law enforcement, and international organizations. This webinar will shed light on the challenges of this form of corruption and highlight field experiences, success stories, tools, and valuable lessons in addressing it.

Webinar August 3, 2023

Knowledge Exchange on Community Conservation Groups

This GWP knowledge exchange shared experiences and approaches across three major aspects of formalized community conservation groups: creation, management and sustainability. GWP project representatives from India, Panama, Tanzania, and Mozambique presented their insights and lessons learned.

Knowledge Event June 20, 2023

Using Behavior Change Approaches and Strategies to Support Wildlife Conservation for Development

The seminar brought together more than 40 participants, representing 30 projects from GWP including GEF-8 from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Overview and Resources

Webinar July 27, 2023

Supporting Rangers Through the 3Cs - Conditions, Capacity and Conduct

Rangers are, despite of the key role they play, undervalued, under-capacitated and inadequately supported. This webinar will showcase good practices that are being implemented to support rangers in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean by governments, academic institutions, NGOs and more. Specifically, the webinar will cover the three fundamental C's that are essential to professionalizing the ranger workforce: Conditions, Capacity and Conduct. Join this webinar as we recognize the work of rangers ahead of World Ranger Day on July 31.

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Management plans and connectivity workshop

GWP Legacy Series July 11, 2023

Lessons from the Vietnam Project: Strengthening Partnerships to Protect Endangered Wildlife in Vietnam

This webinar focused on the achievements and lessons learned from the recently closed GWP project. It highlighted project good practices and learnings in the fields of partnership building with national stakeholders, including awareness raising for dissuasion of wildlife consumption through the Buddhist Church, strengthening the regulatory framework, and building law enforcement capacity for wildlife species conservation.

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Knowledge Events

Knowledge exchange is an integral part of the GWP programmatic approach. The GWP conducts virtual knowledge exchange events on a range of topics related to anti-poaching, community engagement, tourism concessions, counter-wildlife trafficking, anti-corruption and consumer demand reduction. Aimed towards bringing the latest and most innovative tools and studies to the forefront, the virtual events are an easy way for stakeholders to learn from experts and share lessons learned.

The GWP also holds face-to-face knowledge exchange events bringing together government representatives from national projects with implementing agency partners and other conservation organizations. Some of the events so far are described below.

Knowledge Exchange Events

Knowledge Exchange on Community Conservation Groups
Online | August 3, 2023
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Using Behavior Change Approaches and Strategies to Support Wildlife Conservation for Development
Online | June 20, 2023
Overview, Agenda and Resources

International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict
University of Oxford, UK | March 30 - April 1, 2023
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Gender Training Workshop for Latin America
Panama City and Metetí, Panamá | March 21-24, 2023
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Knowledge Exchange on Conservation Technology
Online | March 1, 2023
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Rwanda Collaborative Management Partnership
Study Tour
Kigali and Akagera National Park, Rwanda
February 20-25, 2023
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Guidance Sessions on the Expression of Interest Process
Online | January 26 & 31, 2023
Overview

Action-Learning Pilot Training
Online and In-Person
September 1, 2022 - February 2, 2023
Overview and Resources

Lessons from GWP Gabon and the Republic of Congo Projects

Online | December 6, 2022

Watch Recording in English | French | Spanish

GWP Annual Conference 2022 – Wildlife Conservation for Development
Hybrid | October 31 - November 4, 2022
Overview and Agenda

Management Plans and Connectivity
Online | September 22, 2022
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Planning for Connectivity Conservation
Online | June 28-29, 2022
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Law Enforcement Inter-Agency Collaboration Knowledge Exchange
Online | May 31, 2022
Overview, Agenda and Resources

The Win-Win of Gender Integration
Online | April 21-June 14, 2022
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Virtual Training on Introduction to Establishing Effective CMPs

Collaborative Management Partnerships for Protected Areas:  Introduction to Establishing Effective CMPs 
Online | February 9 & 17, 2022
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Scaling Up Efforts to Reduce Demand for Illegal Wildlife Products
Online | March 30, 2022
Overview, Agenda and Resources

Human-Wildlife Conflict Training Series
Online | May 3 - June 30, 2021
Overview, Agenda and Resources

GWP Annual Conference
December 1–3, 2020
Virtual Conference Proceedings

Wildlife Forum
World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC
January 27, 2020
Website| Overview and Agenda

Annual Conference on Investing in the Wildlife Economy for Livelihoods and Conservation
Pretoria, Kruger National Park, South Africa
October 29–November 1, 2019
Report: English | French

Port Stakeholders Workshop on Countering Wildlife Trafficking Through Kenya's Ports
Mombasa, Kenya | October 23–25, 2019
Workshop Proceedings | Seizure Report

Port Stakeholders Workshop on Countering Wildlife Trafficking Through Tanzania’s Seaports
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | July 2–4, 2019
Workshop Proceedings | Seizure Report

Annual Conference on Cross-Border Partnerships for Conservation and Development
Livingstone, Zambia | October 29–November 1, 2018
Agenda | Conference Proceedings | Video

Symposium on Strengthening Legal Frameworks to Combat Wildlife Crime in Central and West Africa
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | September 11–12, 2018
Report

International Conference on Nature-Based Tourism in Conservation Areas
Maputo, Mozambique | June 7–9, 2018
Event page | Blog | Background & Agenda

Study Tour on Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation and Co-Existence
Sri Lanka | October 7–8, 2017
Report | Blog

Annual Conference on People’s Participation in Wildlife Conservation
Delhi and Pench Tiger Reserve, India | October 2–7, 2017
Conference Proceedings

Knowledge Exchange on Africa-Asia Pacific Symposium on Strengthening Legal Frameworks to Combat Wildlife Crime
Bangkok, Thailand | July 4–5, 2017
Report

Knowledge Exchange to Reduce Human Wildlife Conflict and Enhance Coexistence
La Lope and Libreville, Gabon | April 3–7, 2017
Conference Proceedings | Blog

Knowledge Exchange on Reducing Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
Hanoi, Vietnam | November 14–16, 2017
Conference Proceedings | Blog

Knowledge Exchange on Engaging Communities in Wildlife Conservation
Nairobi, Kenya | May 18–20, 2016
Blog

Knowledge Exchange to Combat Wildlife Crime
Gland, Switzerland | January 18–19, 2016

The Global Environment Facility (GEF)

The Global Wildlife Program, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and led by the World Bank, partners with governments of 38 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and ADB, CI, IUCN, UNDP, UNEP, WWF, CITES, CMS, TRAFFIC, WCS, WildAID.