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Sep 8, 2020  9:00 - 10:00

(GMT -5:00) Eastern Time

Event URL:  https://wwfus.zoom.us/webinar/register/1015982844573/WN_cwtqnSZJRBms8ioDFXZoZQ
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Hosted by: Targeting Natural Resource Corruption

Targeting Natural Resource Corruption

TNRC LEARNING SERIES

This event is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The content is the responsibility of the Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) project and does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the

United States Government, or individual TNRC consortium members.

Anti-corruption insights for conservation and natural resource management

Whistleblower protection: An essential tool for stopping the corruption that

threatens the world’s forests, fisheries and wildlife

September 8, 2020 | 9:00am – 10:00am (Washington, DC)

Environmental crimes such as wildlife poaching, illegal logging, and illegal fishing are

often made possible only because of corrupt relationships between private sector

actors and government officials. Whistleblower protection is essential for ensuring

that bribery, fraud, and other kinds of corruption are detected and prosecuted.

Whistleblower lawyers John Kostyack and Stephen Kohn will discuss how NGOs

and others in countries suffering from illegal exploitation of natural resources can

employ effective strategies for using U.S. whistleblower laws, as well as the risks

that whistleblowers face. They will also discuss strategies for strengthening existing

whistleblower protections, and enacting new whistleblower laws and programs, in

different contexts.

Key Learning Questions:

1. What are effective strategies for reporting corrupt practices under U.S. whistleblower laws?

2. What are some of the most important innovations in whistleblower protection?

3. How do we assess opportunities to advance whistleblowing, and strategies for managing risks, in a wide variety of contexts?

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John Kostyack (Presenter)

Executive Director at the National

Whistleblower Center

Stephen M. Kohn (Presenter)

Founder and Chairman of the Board at the

National Whistleblower Center & Partner at

Kohn, Kohn, & Colapinto

Vanda Felbab-Brown (Discussant)

Senior Fellow in the Center for 21st Century

Security and Intelligence in the Foreign

Policy program at The Brookings Institution

Dr. Louise Shelley (Discussant)

Director at the Terrorism, Transnational

Crime and Corruption Center, and Professor,

at the Schar School of Policy and

Government, George Mason University