Corruption is thought to have significant negative effects on natural resource management and the environment. However, evidence of the impacts of corruption on the environment is still limited. Even more uncertain is whether policies to reduce corruption in sectors such  forestry, fisheries, and water management should be developed and what they may consist of given the risk, for instance, that they might criminalize the rural poor.

The International Workshop on Corruption, Natural Resources and the Environment aims to bring together leading researchers working on corruption in different sectors to shed light on corruption’s impacts and priorities for research and policy development.

The organizers invite papers on the following topics:

 1. The social and economic impacts of corruption in biodiversity management, climate change activities, fisheries, forestry, and water management;

 2. The theory and practice of anti-corruption policies in resource and environmental management.

Two types of papers will be considered for oral presentation: research papers and policy papers.

Research papers

Research papers are expected to be of an academic standard to allow their publication in a special issue of an international scientific journal.

The selection process will seek a balance between papers focusing on the impacts of corruption and papers focusing on anti-corruption policies.

Research papers that have already been published (or submitted for publication) will not be considered).

Policy papers

Policy papers address experiences of corruption encountered by natural resource management practitioners. They are not expected to be of an academic standard for publication, but they should shed light on the impacts of corruption and/or how to design and implement anti-corruption policies.

Funding
The organizers will provide funding to the authors of up to twenty papers to attend the wrokshop. Allocation of funding will be based on the academic merit of the paper and authors’ funding needs.

Submission
Abstracts and selected papers should be submitted (in Word or PDF format) to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.