Strengthening institutional frameworks to combat wildlife trafficking in Indonesia
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £209,999
WHERE Vietnam, Indonesia
Summary
Targeted law enforcement interventions against major wildlife trafficking networks and the closing of key loopholes in Indonesian laws significantly stem declines in Sumatran Rhinos, Sumatra's tigers, and Asian elephants, and shut down a growing market for African elephant ivory. Human-wildlife conflict, the mechanism through which much wildlife enters illegal Indonesian trade networks, is mitigated thereby improving livelihoods and reducing criminal activities in vulnerable communities. International illegal trade networks are dismantled through regional transnational enforcement collaborations.
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), The Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Criminal Investigation Division, Indonesian National Police, Republic of Indonesia, Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation (PHKA), TRACE Wildlife Forensic Network
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.
