Building capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime in Uganda
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £384,441
WHERE Uganda
Summary
Conservation policy makers have the tools and capacity to understand interactions between wildlife crime, biodiversity and poverty and thus interventions effectively for the long-term benefit of rural communities.
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.
