Building long term capacity to combat IWT in Sri Lanka
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £89,812
WHERE Sri Lanka
Summary
The project aims to take essential steps towards the revival of the Sri Lankan Wildlife Enforcement Network (SLaWEN) and equip the network with the means for an improved law enforcement response to the trafficking of wildlife from and through Sri Lanka. A tailored, need-based wildlife trafficking and conservation course will be administered to officers of SLaWEN member institutions. Further, timely and responsive action on IWT cases will be encouraged through engagement with judicial and prosecutorial officers.
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.