1. Illegal Renewable Natural Resources Trade (IRNRT)
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2. Significant capital is at risk due to IRNRT
IRNRT Market Overview
Significant capital is at risk due to IRNRT
Government revenue / Evasion (tax, non-tax, fees)
Economy (size, productivity, profitability)
Investments / Macro/fiscal (balance of trade, balance of payments)
Financial capital
Forest (e.g., flood retention, water, pollination, soil erosion, carbon, wildlife reduction)
Fishing (e.g. by-catch reduction)
Wildlife (e.g., richness species increase)
Natural capital / Ecosystem services
Jobs and livelihoods
Crime and conflict
Health (morbidity, mortality)
Social Capital
Governance (corruption, land rights)
Reputation
Social Investments
Political Capital
Source: Adapted from Blundell et al. (2018)

3. Estimated annual value (US$ billion)
IRNRT Market Overview (cont.)
The highest transnational crimes include drugs, human trafficking, and IRNRT
IRNT is estimated between US$ 48 billion and US$ 216 billion a year, equivalent to at least 15 percent of the value of the illegal trade in drugs
Transnational Crime
UNEP-Interpol 2014
UNEP-Interpol 2016
GFI 2017
Estimated annual value (US$ billion)
Drugs
344
426–652
Human trafficking
157
150
IRNRT
48–153
69–199
73–216
- Illegal logging
30–100
51–152
52–157
- IUU fishing
11–30
11–24
16–36
- IWT*
7–23
5–23
Source: UNEP – Interpol (2014); UNEP – Interpol (2016); GFI (2017).
* IWT estimates tend to be confounded with forestry and fisheries estimates.

4. Lessons from Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT)
Strengthen the role of communities in conservation and combating IWT
Recognize IWT as a serious transnational organized crime
Create an IWT national strategy
Scale up funding to effectively combat IWT
Establish public-private-partnerships (PPPs)