Programme Cooperation Agreement 2014: Final Report for the Period 01 January 2014 to 01 March 2015

7. Programme Delivery and Results 1 Environmental Crime

The Environmental Crime programme 2 evolved and diversified in 2014, to cover issues including electronic waste, illegal fisheries, illegal logging, and the poaching of wildlife and other resources. Developed jointly with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), it receives project funding from a range of donors. The programme supports national and international law enforcement initiatives to combat transnational crime, mainly through the development of better information and analysis techniques, preparation of practical manuals and field training for detection and enforcement personnel. Illegal trade in wildlife was a major topic of the Ministerial discussions of the first United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in June 2014. GRID-Arendal provided substantive input to the InformationDocument informing

SIGNIFICANT OUTCOME

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Strengthening field operations to combat wildlife poaching

Extract from an e-mail received from J M Lyimo , Project Manager, Ugalla Game Reserve, Tanzania, 14 August 2014:

“I am writing to … appreciate the [tracking and crime scene management] training my Game Wardens received from Rosemery Kweka two weeks ago … we had a group comprising of young to old wardens whom were all experienced with field works (Antipoaching) but doing it their own way (old and local fashioned) … to be honest thing have changed alot. If you visit Ugalla today and join the patrol team, its easy to identify those wardens who attended tracking and crime scene management training and those who didn’t. We are now encouraging those who attended training to train their fellows …”

2. http://www.envcrime.org

Forest rangers training in Tanzania. Photo: Rosemary Kweka

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