In addition to its public supporters, the WildLeaks Project benefits from the support and collaboration of numerous individuals and organizations worldwide who choose to remain anonymous for security reasons.
Earth League International (ELI), based in Los Angeles and operating globally, is an innovative non-governmental organization that fights environmental/wildlife crime by merging the worlds of conservation, intelligence, investigation, research, and analysis.
As pioneers in the use of professional intelligence applied to environmental crime and crime convergence, for over a decade ELI has been at the forefront of utilizing professional intelligence to combat environmental organized crime.
The National Whistleblower Center (NWC), based in Washington DC, is a non-profit, tax-exempt, non-partisan organization, and the leading whistleblower legal advocacy organization with an almost 30-year history of protecting the right of individuals to report wrongdoing without fear of retaliation.
EcoJust is a consultancy based in The Hague, The Netherlands, which provides strategic advice to NGOs and (inter-) governmental organisations on legal and practical issues concerning the implementation and enforcement of (international) biodiversity law.
Among other things, EcoJust has specialized expertise in the field of the global trafficking of endangered species of wild flora and fauna and the consumer demand that is driving it. EcoJust works internationally through collaborations with a multidisciplinary network of professionals and enjoys close connections with key NGOs and law enforcement agencies around the world.
The Oxpeckers Center
for Investigative Environmental Journalism is Africa’s first journalistic investigation unit focusing on environmental issues. The Center combines traditional investigative reporting with data analysis and geo-mapping tools to expose eco-offences and track organized crime syndicates in southern Africa.
Oxpeckers is a non-profit organization that aims to dramatically improve the quality and impact of African environmental journalism. It’s based in South Africa.
The TREES Project (Timber Regulation Enforcement to protect European wood Sector from criminal infiltration) was a 20 month transnational project aimed at enforcing the EU Timber Regulation (N°995/2010) implementation as an instrument to fight corruption as facilitator of organized crimes activities. It is a research project funded by the Internal Affairs DG of the European Commission as part of the ISEC Program (Prevention of and Fight against Crime).
TREES aims at exploring anti-corruption potentialities of this regulation, increasing cooperation among LEAs (such as police bodies and controlling authorities) and private operators, improving their cooperation to fight against crime, and transferring project results to EU MS.
The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) is the largest non-governmental organization for environmental protection and nature conservation in Finland.
The purpose of FANC is to protect the environment, promote nature conservation, preserve cultural heritage, and promote active citizenship and environmental awareness.
The International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) was inspired by observing otters in their natural habitat.
Because the otter lives, feeds and plays on land and in the water and is at the peak of the food chain it is an ambassador species to a first class environment. IOSF was set up to protect and help the 13 species of otter worldwide through a combination of compassion and science. We support projects to protect otters, which will also ensure that we have a healthy environment for all species, including our own.
IOSF works closely with other organisations to protect otters in the wild and in captivity. In particular we are concerned with the high level of wildlife crime involving otters and we are members and partners of Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT), Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW UK), Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime in Scotland (PAWS) and WildLeaks.
The Tikki Hywood Trust has been in operation in Zimbabwe since 1994. The logo is the Pangolin, to us a symbol of respect and honor of a species that deserves recognition and protection. The Trust’s expertise with this species comes from years of working with rescued animals from poaching situations.
The Trust is the only recognized pangolin rehabilitation and release organization in Zimbabwe and is a founding member of various recently established pangolin interest groups. Considered the African experts on this species and, as such, the Trust is consulted in matters relating to rescue, captive care, orphan rearing, rehabilitation, and release. The Trust is actively involved with changing legislation, anti-poaching efforts, following up on prosecution and the implementation of wildlife law.
Shark Research Institute (SRI) is an international multidisciplinary scientific research and conservation organization that sponsors and conducts research on sharks in numerous locations around the world. The organization also actively campaigns for shark and ocean conservation at regional, national and international forums such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
100Reporters is a U.S. based award-winning investigative journalists network. Its mission is “to inform and promote the public’s right to know through investigative journalism, adapting traditional tools and standards of ethics and excellence to the new media landscape, and working with whistleblowers and citizen watchdogs to expose corruption and heighten public accountability.”
