News Archive

On August 28, 2017, Ensia, an independent, nonprofit magazine presenting perspectives on environmental challenges, published Making It Easier and Safer for Informants to Turn in Wildlife Criminals. The article written by William H. Funk, highlights the National Whistleblower Center’s Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program.   The NWC’s program was a grand prize winner in the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge in […]

Watch this Washington Post exclusive video on the difference between leakers and whistleblowers. This is crucial for understanding whistleblower rights and protections for our democracy. From the Washington Post: The White House is pledging to crack down on “leakers,” but there are ways to blow the whistle and disclose information lawfully.  Our work on behalf of whistleblowers […]

NWC will be presenting at The ReThinking Animals Summit this weekend, May 6-7. The Summit brings together a large community of science, business and conservation leaders to discuss and share knowledge on the major threats our planet’s wildlife are facing, and collectively explore potential solutions. NWC Executive Director Stephen Kohnwill be speaking on why wildlife whistleblower […]

On Saturday, NWC’s Chief Operating Officer, Ashley Binetti spoke at this year’s Earth Day Texas (EDTx) forum on the potential impact wildlife whistleblowers can have in stopping the wildlife extinction crisis. EDTx is notably “the world’s largest annual forum for sharing the latest initiatives, discoveries, research, innovations, policies and corporate practices that are reshaping the future.” Binetti […]