Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities

This roadmap for environmental and natural resources law enforcement (ENRLE) sets forth a course of action for the World Bank's ENRLE community of practice for FY2013-15. It outlines for senior management a strategy to mobilize and strengthen...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19042258/enforcing-environmental-laws-strong-economies-safe-communities
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
ANIMAL
ANIMAL PARTS
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
ANNUAL DEFORESTATION
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION WORK
ARMED CONFLICT
ARSON
ASSETS
AWARENESS RAISING
BEAR
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
BRIBES
CANCER
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CLIENT COUNTRIES
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL COMMUNITIES
COLLAPSE
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMODITIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
CORAL
CORAL REEFS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPT
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPT PRACTICES
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS
CREEK
CRIME
CRIME PREVENTION
CRIMES
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINALS
CRIMINOLOGY
CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES
DECISION MAKING
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
DISCRETION
DUE DILIGENCE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE
ELEPHANT
ELEPHANT POACHING
ELEPHANT RANGE
ELEPHANTS
ENCROACHMENT
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ETHICS
EXOTIC BIRDS
EXPLOITATION
EXPOSURE
EXTINCTION
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
FAUNA
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FISH
FISH STOCKS
FISHERIES
FISHERS
FISHING
FLORA
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST LAW
FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FOREST PRODUCTS
FORESTRY
FRAUD
FRESHWATER TURTLES
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
GLOBAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GLOBAL INITIATIVES
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
HUNTING
ILLEGAL FISHING
ILLEGAL LOGGING
ILLEGAL TIMBER
ILLEGAL TRADE
ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILDLIFE
ILLEGAL WILDLIFE
INCOME
INCOMES
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATORS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
ISSUES
IVORY
IVORY TRADE
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JURISDICTIONS
JUSTICE
LAND TENURE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAWS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
LIQUIDITY
LIVE ANIMALS
LOGGING
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MONEY LAUNDERING
NATIONAL PARK
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCIES
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
OFFENSE
OFFENSES
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PENALTIES
PLANT
POACHING
POLICE
PORTFOLIO
PRIMARY MARKET
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTIONS
PROSECUTORS
PROTECTED FAUNA
PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
RECYCLING
REDUCING EMISSIONS
REGULATORS
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REPTILES
RESEARCH AGENDA
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RHINO
RHINO HORN
RISK MANAGEMENT
RULE OF LAW
SIDE PAYMENTS
SMUGGLING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE
TAX
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
THEFT
TIGER
TIGER BONES
TIGERS
TIMBER
TIMBER PRODUCTS
TRADE INFORMATION
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE
TREASURY
TREE
TREES
TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS
UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS
USE OF FIRE
VIOLENCE
WAGES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WEAK LAW ENFORCEMENT
WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE CRIME
WILDLIFE POACHING
WILDLIFE PROJECT
WILDLIFE TRADE
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
ANIMAL
ANIMAL PARTS
ANIMAL PRODUCTS
ANNUAL DEFORESTATION
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION WORK
ARMED CONFLICT
ARSON
ASSETS
AWARENESS RAISING
BEAR
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
BRIBES
CANCER
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CLIENT COUNTRIES
CLIMATE CHANGE
COASTAL COMMUNITIES
COLLAPSE
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMODITIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY FORESTRY
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
CORAL
CORAL REEFS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CORRUPT
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPT PRACTICES
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS
CREEK
CRIME
CRIME PREVENTION
CRIMES
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINALS
CRIMINOLOGY
CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES
DECISION MAKING
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
DISCRETION
DUE DILIGENCE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE
ELEPHANT
ELEPHANT POACHING
ELEPHANT RANGE
ELEPHANTS
ENCROACHMENT
ENDANGERED SPECIES
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ETHICS
EXOTIC BIRDS
EXPLOITATION
EXPOSURE
EXTINCTION
EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
FAUNA
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FISH
FISH STOCKS
FISHERIES
FISHERS
FISHING
FLORA
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST LAW
FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOREST MANAGEMENT
FOREST PRODUCTS
FORESTRY
FRAUD
FRESHWATER TURTLES
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
GLOBAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GLOBAL INITIATIVES
GOOD GOVERNANCE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
HUNTING
ILLEGAL FISHING
ILLEGAL LOGGING
ILLEGAL TIMBER
ILLEGAL TRADE
ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILDLIFE
ILLEGAL WILDLIFE
INCOME
INCOMES
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INITIATIVE
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATORS
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
ISSUES
IVORY
IVORY TRADE
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JURISDICTIONS
JUSTICE
LAND TENURE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAWS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
LIQUIDITY
LIVE ANIMALS
LOGGING
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MONEY LAUNDERING
NATIONAL PARK
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCIES
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
OFFENSE
OFFENSES
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
PENALTIES
PLANT
POACHING
POLICE
PORTFOLIO
PRIMARY MARKET
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTIONS
PROSECUTORS
PROTECTED FAUNA
PUBLIC FUNCTIONS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
RECYCLING
REDUCING EMISSIONS
REGULATORS
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
REPTILES
RESEARCH AGENDA
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RHINO
RHINO HORN
RISK MANAGEMENT
RULE OF LAW
SIDE PAYMENTS
SMUGGLING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE
TAX
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
THEFT
TIGER
TIGER BONES
TIGERS
TIMBER
TIMBER PRODUCTS
TRADE INFORMATION
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE
TREASURY
TREE
TREES
TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS
UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS
USE OF FIRE
VIOLENCE
WAGES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WEAK LAW ENFORCEMENT
WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE CRIME
WILDLIFE POACHING
WILDLIFE PROJECT
WILDLIFE TRADE
World Bank
Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities
relation Agriculture and environmental services discussion paper;no. 5
description This roadmap for environmental and natural resources law enforcement (ENRLE) sets forth a course of action for the World Bank's ENRLE community of practice for FY2013-15. It outlines for senior management a strategy to mobilize and strengthen the Bank's engagement in the fight against environmental and natural resource crime. The roadmap also serves as a mobilizing tool for staff and management in regional departments to demonstrate the importance of ENRLE and to outline the menu of solutions that the community of practice (COP) can offer to strengthen clients' fight against environmental and natural resource crime. Recent spikes in poaching, in illegal logging, and in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing have amplified the already urgent need for action. These crimes increase poverty, shrink prosperity, and magnify social and political tensions that undermine healthy communities and strong economies. Investment returns in wise environmental and natural resource law enforcement can be high. Criminal activities that affect the environment and natural resources are on the increase and pose an increasingly serious threat to development. Environmental and natural resource crime is common, but in many countries it is rarely prosecuted. This report discusses how the World Bank Group (WBG) will mobilize to work better on ENRLE. Recognizing the evolving global context, a new and fully mobilized community of practice will put more emphasis on building a constituency within the WBG to work on the range of ENRLE issues, on building the capacity of WBG staff to provide investment and technical assistance on ENRLE, on strengthening analytical work to develop a pipeline of ENRLE investments, and on fostering demand among clients for Bank investment in ENRLE.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
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title Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities
title_short Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities
title_full Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities
title_fullStr Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities
title_full_unstemmed Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities
title_sort enforcing environmental laws for strong economies and safe communities
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19042258/enforcing-environmental-laws-strong-economies-safe-communities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17560
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spelling okr-10986-175602021-04-23T14:03:39Z Enforcing Environmental Laws for Strong Economies and Safe Communities World Bank ACCOUNTABILITY AFRICAN ELEPHANT ANIMAL ANIMAL PARTS ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANNUAL DEFORESTATION ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION WORK ARMED CONFLICT ARSON ASSETS AWARENESS RAISING BEAR BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY LOSS BRIBES CANCER CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIENT COUNTRIES CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL COMMUNITIES COLLAPSE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSERVATION CONSERVATION BIOLOGY CORAL CORAL REEFS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPT PRACTICES CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS CREEK CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINALS CRIMINOLOGY CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS DISCRETION DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE ELEPHANT ELEPHANT POACHING ELEPHANT RANGE ELEPHANTS ENCROACHMENT ENDANGERED SPECIES ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ETHICS EXOTIC BIRDS EXPLOITATION EXPOSURE EXTINCTION EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES FAUNA FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FISH FISH STOCKS FISHERIES FISHERS FISHING FLORA FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST LAW FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS FORESTRY FRAUD FRESHWATER TURTLES GLOBAL GOVERNANCE GLOBAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GLOBAL INITIATIVES GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HUNTING ILLEGAL FISHING ILLEGAL LOGGING ILLEGAL TIMBER ILLEGAL TRADE ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILDLIFE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE INCOME INCOMES INFORMATION SYSTEM INITIATIVE INSTITUTION BUILDING INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATORS INVESTMENT CLIMATE ISSUES IVORY IVORY TRADE JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JURISDICTIONS JUSTICE LAND TENURE LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LIQUIDITY LIVE ANIMALS LOGGING LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MONEY LAUNDERING NATIONAL PARK NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCIES NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES OFFENSE OFFENSES OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PENALTIES PLANT POACHING POLICE PORTFOLIO PRIMARY MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROSECUTION PROSECUTIONS PROSECUTORS PROTECTED FAUNA PUBLIC FUNCTIONS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS RECYCLING REDUCING EMISSIONS REGULATORS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REPTILES RESEARCH AGENDA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RHINO RHINO HORN RISK MANAGEMENT RULE OF LAW SIDE PAYMENTS SMUGGLING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THEFT TIGER TIGER BONES TIGERS TIMBER TIMBER PRODUCTS TRADE INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE TREASURY TREE TREES TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS USE OF FIRE VIOLENCE WAGES WASTE DISPOSAL WEAK LAW ENFORCEMENT WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CRIME WILDLIFE POACHING WILDLIFE PROJECT WILDLIFE TRADE This roadmap for environmental and natural resources law enforcement (ENRLE) sets forth a course of action for the World Bank's ENRLE community of practice for FY2013-15. It outlines for senior management a strategy to mobilize and strengthen the Bank's engagement in the fight against environmental and natural resource crime. The roadmap also serves as a mobilizing tool for staff and management in regional departments to demonstrate the importance of ENRLE and to outline the menu of solutions that the community of practice (COP) can offer to strengthen clients' fight against environmental and natural resource crime. Recent spikes in poaching, in illegal logging, and in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing have amplified the already urgent need for action. These crimes increase poverty, shrink prosperity, and magnify social and political tensions that undermine healthy communities and strong economies. Investment returns in wise environmental and natural resource law enforcement can be high. Criminal activities that affect the environment and natural resources are on the increase and pose an increasingly serious threat to development. Environmental and natural resource crime is common, but in many countries it is rarely prosecuted. This report discusses how the World Bank Group (WBG) will mobilize to work better on ENRLE. Recognizing the evolving global context, a new and fully mobilized community of practice will put more emphasis on building a constituency within the WBG to work on the range of ENRLE issues, on building the capacity of WBG staff to provide investment and technical assistance on ENRLE, on strengthening analytical work to develop a pipeline of ENRLE investments, and on fostering demand among clients for Bank investment in ENRLE. 2014-04-01T19:30:29Z 2014-04-01T19:30:29Z 2014-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19042258/enforcing-environmental-laws-strong-economies-safe-communities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17560 English en_US Agriculture and environmental services discussion paper;no. 5 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper