Tackling illegal wildlife trade in Mongolia through improved law enforcement
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £480,583
WHERE Mongolia
Summary
An increase in law enforcement capacity results in an increase in arrests and convictions of wildlife criminals. This in turn leads to reduced poaching. Amendments to legislation address gaps and provide new revenue sharing mechanisms to channel funds from anti-wildlife crime activities back into the communities, reducing poverty and creating support for conservation. The severe decline of Mongolia’s endangered species from wildlife trade can begin to be reversed.
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.
