Strengthening Indonesia’s capacity to reduce illegal shark fisheries and trade
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Extra
VALUE £1,486,440
WHERE Indonesia
Summary
Indonesia catches more sharks and rays than any other country. As a major exporter of shark products (e.g., fins), and with a strong domestic market supporting local food security, ensuring CITES compliance is enormously challenging. This project scales-up a successful institutional capacity building project to increase detection of illegally traded sharks and rays. We will engage stakeholders to increase compliance, enhance data collection to support sustainable local and export fisheries and trade, and develop Indonesia’s next generation of shark experts.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
