WASHINGTON, D.C. | March 21, 2024 — National Whistleblower Center (NWC) is proud to announce it has joined the Nature Crime Alliance, a global network of governments, law enforcement bodies, local communities, companies and civil society organizations working together to fight nature crime.

NWC will work with Alliance members on how to best leverage whistleblowers in the fight against nature crime, including through the use of whistleblower awards and anonymous reporting channels.

“Combatting nature crime is impossible without whistleblowers, but strategies to combat nature crimes fail to fully deploy proven best-practice whistleblower programs,” said NWC Executive Director Siri Nelson.

“Whistleblowers play a crucial role in exposing nature crime, often at extreme personal risk. By working with NWC, we hope we can build the support systems needed to encourage and protect whistleblowers which, in turn, will lead to more prosecutions of the perpetrators of these crimes,” said Yulia Stange, Director of the Nature Crime Alliance.

NWC Executive Director Siri Nelson is available for further comment. For more information, contact NWC at info@whistleblowers.org.