Life On Land || Blog No:09

 

COMBAT GLOBAL POACHING AND TRAFFICKING

Enhance global support for efforts to combat poaching and trafficking of protected species, including by increasing the capacity of local communities to pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities.

By destroying millions of animals each year, poaching and animal trafficking threaten wildlife in a profound way. UN SDG 15.C aims to combat global poaching and trafficking. This includes taking action to reduce demand for illegal wildlife products, as well as strengthening law enforcement efforts to crack down on poaching and trafficking.

FUTURE WORK:

The UNDP biodiversity and ecosystems portfolio is the largest in the UN system,

covering over 130 countries and 500 projects with USD 1.5 billion in funding

and USD 3.5 billion of co-financing. Through the biodiversity and ecosystems

programs, UNDP has helped establish over 2,000 protected areas in 85.

countries around the world, covering 272 million hectares of land. We will build.

on this portfolio of work and are exploring new and innovative partnerships

that help countries and communities tackle illegal wildlife trafficking and

poaching. These include partnerships with governments, sister UN agencies.

such as UNEP and UNODC, the World Bank, the United for Wildlife coalition

of wildlife conservation organizations, and other civil society groups to tackle.

poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking, and reduce the global demand for

wildlife and wildlife products.

REFRENCES:

1)  A National-Level Assessment of Lemur Hunting Pressure in Madagascar

2)  Timely poacher detection and localization using sentinel animal movement

 

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