Strengthening institutional frameworks to combat wildlife trafficking in Indonesia 2
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £159,974
WHERE Vietnam, Indonesia
Summary
The aim of this project is to build upon the successes of the first IWT grant to WCS (2015-2017), extending that grant for a third year (until 2018) and capitalising upon a key achievement – convincing the Indonesian Parliament to revise the Conservation Law. The project will (1) support the Law reform; (2) train Indonesian law enforcement agencies; (3) undertake 20 high-profile cases against prominent wildlife trafficking networks; (4) continue efforts to mitigate human-tiger conflict; and (5) initiate transnational enforcement operations.
Directorate General of Customs, Ministry of Finance, Yayasan Auriga, Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (KSDAE), of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), Criminal Investigation Division, Indonesian National Police, Republic of Indonesia
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.
