Climate change, illicit economies and community resilience

This report explores these interlinked phenomena in communities peripheral to Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park and proposes responses.

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In West Africa, communities increasingly engage in illicit economies to cope with the severe impacts of climate change. However, the environmental impacts of illicit economies magnify the harms of climate change. This report explores these interlinked phenomena in communities peripheral to Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park and proposes responses.

About the authors

Mouhamadou Kane is an analyst for the GI-TOC with a focus on illicit economies in Senegal, Guinea and Mali. Mouhamadou previously worked as a researcher at the Centre des Hautes Études de Défense et de Sécurité in the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal.

Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo is the director of the Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa at the GI-TOC. Lucia’s work focuses on the intersection of illicit economies, conflict and instability, and she previously worked as a legal and policy adviser to the Punjab Government, Pakistan and the Ministry of Finance, Ghana.