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Bagmati Province has Nepal’s highest levels of wildlife seizures. Traders exploit systemic shortcomings to pursue IWT: Police lack illegal wildlife parts (IWP) identification skills; Transportation workers are commissioned to carry IWP; and socio-economically disadvantaged people are employed as poachers in Chitwan and Parsa National Parks. We address these issues methodically and collectively to achieve a 50% reduction in IWP trafficking through Bagmati Province, through improved capacity of transportation workers and police and enhanced employment opportunities for local communities.