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Read our introduction to corruption and anti-corruption efforts in natural resources and energy.

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Discover what U4 and others do to advance research and reduce corruption in natural resources and energy.

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Community-based natural resource management as a good governance and anti-corruption method: Lessons from Madagascar

In Madagascar, high-level corruption can undermine local efforts to save the island’s threatened ecosystems. Communities need better participation and improved trust in conservation organisations.

Greening energy: An anti-corruption primer

It is widely acknowledged that corruption is used to artificially extend the life of carbon-intensive industries, yet green energy itself is far from…

14 November 2022

The gold sector in Madagascar: at the heart of illicit practices

In Madagascar, gold mining could be a major source of development for the government and the population. However, every year the country suffers…

28 November 2022

Corruption, informality and power: Explaining the limits to institutional approaches for tackling illegal logging in Peru

Addressing corruption in the forest sector requires an understanding of the role of political and informal power arrangements that shape individual…

20 September 2021

Zambia’s anti-corruption regime 2001–2021 in the renewable energy sector

Zambia needs structural reforms such as reducing the president’s executive powers and debarring corrupt renewable energy companies in order to reduce…

30 January 2022

From the blog

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The 2024 elections will be crucial for Indonesian forests: what can we learn from Norway’s anti-deforestation support?
Keeping Indonesia’s primary deforestation rate on a downward trajectory in the future will not be easy. Norway and others will need to pay more for…
20 September 2023
Climate change
Natural resources and energy
Politics of anti-corruption
Blog
A global database on environmental corruption could help protect nature and society
Corruption plays a significant role in environmental harms around the world. A global database of environmental corruption could assist anyone working…
26 September 2022
Climate change
Civil society
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
Blog
War, corruption, and reconstruction: protecting Ukraine’s ancient forests
The war in Ukraine is damaging its ancient forests. Reconstruction efforts must protect Ukraine’s forests and tackle corruption challenges in the…
5 September 2022
Renewable resources
Natural resources and energy
Ukraine
Blog
Anti-corruption is not a zero-sum game between China and ‘the West’
Corruption remains a problem that all countries have in common. OECD donors should lead by example and prioritise genuine engagement over futile blame…
9 February 2022
Development cooperation
Natural resources and energy
Climate change
Blog
Standoff in a pandemic: Land grabbing versus protection of the Peruvian Amazon
Interventions designed to monitor and report environmental crimes (such as illegal logging and trafficking in protected species) are being undermined…
1 November 2021
Renewable resources
Natural resources and energy
Blog
The promise of a carbon tax and the threat of corruption
Many jurisdictions are considering imposing a tax on carbon emissions to achieve their goals. Corruption may hinder such efforts.
1 November 2021
Climate change
Natural resources and energy
Blog
Anti-corruption tools give climate change practitioners a better chance of limiting global warming
Corruption within climate finance means goals may not be achieved. Anti-corruption efforts need to focus on key sectors and strategies.
7 December 2020
Climate change
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
Blog
KPK and the future of combating natural resources corruption in Indonesia
Indonesia's anti-corruption agency is prosecuting more cases of corruption in the coal, oil and gas, forestry, and fisheries sectors.
2 December 2020
Anti-corruption courts
Justice sector
Natural resources and energy
Blog
The EITI: designing a Theory of Change to improve developmental outcomes
Learn more on how different Theory of change models could help the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative improve its natural resource…
24 August 2020
Oil, gas, and mining
Natural resources and energy

Latest publications

TNRC Publication
Pathways for targeting renewable resource corruption
What factors condition anti-corruption success and failure in renewable resource sectors? Five recommendations for conservation practitioners and…
27 June 2023
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
U4 Issue
Natural resource commodity supply chains
Policymakers, law enforcement, and other stakeholders are encouraged to improve understanding of corruption risks along the supply chain, to better…
21 June 2023
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
U4 Issue
Community-based natural resource management as a good governance and anti-corruption method: Lessons from Madagascar
In Madagascar, high-level corruption can undermine local efforts to save the island’s threatened ecosystems. Communities need better participation and…
14 June 2023
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
Civil society
U4 Brief
The gold sector in Madagascar: at the heart of illicit practices
In Madagascar, gold mining could be a major source of development for the government and the population. However, every year the country suffers…
28 November 2022
Illicit financial flows
Natural resources and energy
Oil, gas, and mining
U4 Brief
E-payments in Vietnam’s forest sector: An effective anti-corruption innovation?
Digital payments in Vietnam’s forest sector need to be the sole means of benefit distribution if they are to significantly reduce opportunities for…
14 November 2022
Natural resources and energy
Climate change
Renewable resources
U4 Brief
Greening energy: An anti-corruption primer
It is widely acknowledged that corruption is used to artificially extend the life of carbon-intensive industries, yet green energy itself is far from…
14 November 2022
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
Climate change
U4 Issue
Corruption and water governance in the Mekong River Basin
The six countries sharing the Mekong River Basin have governance systems that reinforce corrupt behaviour. This affects choices for regional…
13 October 2022
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
Climate change
TNRC Publication
Corruption in community-based conservation
Community-based conservation efforts can benefit from examining what constitutes a ‘community’ in a given setting, consider existing land uses,…
30 August 2022
Natural resources and energy
Renewable resources
U4 Helpdesk Answer
Corruption in the Angolan diamond sector
The Angolan diamond sector has faced corruption challenges such as elite capture of diamond value chains, commodity mis-pricing and corruption fueled…
28 June 2022
Natural resources and energy

Further Resources

Podcast
Corruption in Indonesia’s forest sector: No victimless crime
2 June 2021
Podcast
Uncovering corrupt schemes in the forest sector: The role of investigations
2 June 2021
Podcast
Illegal logging in the Peruvian Amazon: A business founded on corruption
13 January 2021
Podcast
Corruption and anti-corruption at the frontline of forest conservation: Time to address the power structures
16 December 2020

Resource Collections

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Targeting Natural Resource Corruption

Topic Experts

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Email: sophie.lemaitre@cmi.no

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