Enhancing capability to tackle Trans-Himalayan Illegal Wildlife Trade
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £599,945
WHERE Nepal, India, China
Summary
This project seeks to address IWT in Tigers, Leopards, Asiatic black bears, and Chinese and Indian pangolins along the Trans-Himalayan trade route, with specific focus in India and Nepal. Enhanced capability to tackle IWT will be embedded in India and Nepal through deepening understanding of trade dynamics in focal species and capacity sustainably built within governments and CSOs. Furthermore, direct support to national law enforcement agencies will be facilitated and enhanced regional enforcement encouraged, underpinned by
strengthened policy implementation.
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.
