Combatting IWT in Cameroon through improved law enforcement and community empowerment
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £372,428
WHERE Cameroon
Summary
Strengthening Cameroon’s capacity to poaching and wildlife trafficking in a key landscape implicated as a source and transit route for IWT through: reinforcing site based protection across state and privately managed lands; empowering forest communities to engage in efforts to combat IWT; reinforcing local livelihoods; strengthening open and equitable collaboration between stakeholders; monitoring and evaluating effectiveness of interventions; and supporting the legal process in proper application of wildlife laws.
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.
