Breaking the illegal wildlife trade chain in Bagmati Province, Nepal
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £550,022
WHERE Nepal
Summary
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.
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.
