Strengthening governance of legal wildlife trade to combat illegal trade
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £238,100
WHERE Indonesia
Summary
Using the coronavirus pandemic as policy window, YIARI will pioneer a “One Health” approach to wildlife trade governance, focused on connections between public health, legal wildlife trade, animal welfare and cross-sectoral cooperation. Working with national and local stakeholders across Indonesia, we will formulate a joint strategy for improved risk analysis and governance of legal trade. We will simultaneously build government capacity to improve market conditions, better monitor and enforce wildlife regulations, and reduce health and conservation threats from 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.