Tanzanian national SMART rollout to strengthen counter wildlife trafficking
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £599,999
WHERE Tanzania
Summary
The project builds on prior successful piloting of the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) in Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) game reserves in coordination with TAWA HQ, and subsequent reduction in commercial wildlife poaching. A SMART trainer course will be developed, building on past SMART support to the College of African Wildlife Management. Dedicated TAWA staff will be trained to deliver SMART to four additional game reserves, supporting a TAWA requested national SMART rollout to
combat the IWT.
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.
