Strengthen enforcement capacity to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in China
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £300,000
WHERE China
Summary
Law enforcement trainings provided to forest police and customs officers results in increased successful seizures of illegal wildlife trafficking, and NGO partners of Save Wildlife in Trade Network mainstreamed into the wildlife law enforcement efforts to combating illegal wildlife trade.
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.
