An integrated, multi-scale approach to combating wildlife trafficking in Uganda
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £449,171
WHERE Uganda
Summary
Uganda is a major trafficking hub for wildlife products in East Africa. This project will create Uganda’s first fully integrated intelligence network to tackle illegal wildlife trade in the country. We will improve the ability of Uganda Wildlife Authority’s recently-established Wildlife Crime Unit to collect and analyse intelligence data at multiple scales. We will also promote cooperation between multiple government and local NGO partners to increase arrests and prosecutions of offenders and ensure that appropriate penalties are awarded and enforced.
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.
