Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System
@wemsinitiative
A project developed to assist in monitoring the effectiveness of wildlife law enforcement and compliance at both state and national levels.
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https://wems-initiative.org/ 23-06-2021 09:30:30
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“Seizures of wildlife items and arrests of alleged offenders are common but rarely result in convictions in the court of law. A big gap between seizures, arrests and conviction rates remains.” – wrote School of Statesmanship in 2003. (1/3)
An article I have co-authored with Remi Chandran and Walter T. de Vries is published Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy examined the historical reasons for the failure of CITES #enforcement information sharing. tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.… #WildlifeCrime #CITES #Wildlife #Information #Sharing
#Wildlife crime drives many wild animal & plants towards extinction & is a significant barrier to achieving UN Sustainable Development Group 🇺🇳 On #EarthDay2022 & everyday #ICCWC supports countries efforts to protect natural resources 🔗bit.ly/3lj8BMP #InvestInOurPlanet youtu.be/60KPO5rt7EM
Wildlife traffickers in Oregon sentenced to help researchers study wildlife crime nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl… via National Geographic Congrats @meredithgore and team #WildlifeCrime #RestorativeJustice
"Spatial Data Infrastructure for addressing data gaps in combating illegal wildlife trade and meeting sustainable development goals in Africa." A side event @ #CITESCoP19 #WorldWildlifeConference. LATF UN Environment Programme GraceFarmsCT Esri Conservation #RESTEC
LATF LATF in collaboration with the GraceFarmsCT, #RESTEC-Japan and Esri Conservation successfully concluded discussions on the development of a Spatial Data Infrastructure for addressing data gaps in combating illegal wildlife trade in Africa. wems-initiative.org/event/latf-cit…