TY - CHAP
T1 - Transnational Collaborations
AU - Wyatt, Tanya
N1 - Funding Information: Project LEAF was an acronym for Law Enforcement Assistance to Forests (renamed Global Forestry Enforcement [INTERPOL 2019]). It began as a collaboration between INTERPOL’s Environmental Crime Program and the UN Environment Program’s climate centre in Norway (Grid Arendal) and was supported financially by Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) (Wyatt 2013b). The project recognises that illegal logging and timber trafficking are playing a role in climate change and therefore need to be addressed urgently within the efforts to stop climate change (INTERPOL 2021b). Illegal activity perpetrated by organised crime groups is present along the entire timber supply chain, where the groups take advantage of institutional and legislative weaknesses (INTERPOL 2019). This project then is unique in addressing the criminal aspect of this environmental problem.
PY - 2021/10/21
Y1 - 2021/10/21
N2 - Transnational Collaborations—Looking at each of the stakeholders in turn, leads into a discussion in this chapter of the transnational collaborations to curb wildlife trafficking. The first approach explored is the species collaborations that focus on protection of one or a group of species. Then, regional collaborations are equally detailed such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN–WEN) and the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN). The financial, transportation, and technology sectors have formed industrial collaborations also aiming to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Next global collaborations are considered—United for Wildlife and the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC). The latter is made up of INTERPOL, CITES, the World Customs Organisation (WCO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the World Bank. Part of the global collaborations are the series of high-level conferences that have taken place in London, Kasane, and Ha Noi since 2014. Finally, Interpol’s Environmental Security Unit, the ultimate collaboration, is looked at in detail. After each of these cooperative efforts has been described, there will be a critical evaluation of what limitations and challenges these efforts face and proposals as to what other alternatives might be tried.
AB - Transnational Collaborations—Looking at each of the stakeholders in turn, leads into a discussion in this chapter of the transnational collaborations to curb wildlife trafficking. The first approach explored is the species collaborations that focus on protection of one or a group of species. Then, regional collaborations are equally detailed such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations–Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN–WEN) and the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN). The financial, transportation, and technology sectors have formed industrial collaborations also aiming to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Next global collaborations are considered—United for Wildlife and the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC). The latter is made up of INTERPOL, CITES, the World Customs Organisation (WCO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the World Bank. Part of the global collaborations are the series of high-level conferences that have taken place in London, Kasane, and Ha Noi since 2014. Finally, Interpol’s Environmental Security Unit, the ultimate collaboration, is looked at in detail. After each of these cooperative efforts has been described, there will be a critical evaluation of what limitations and challenges these efforts face and proposals as to what other alternatives might be tried.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85125808594
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-83753-2_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-83753-2_7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85125808594
SN - 9783030837525
SN - 9783030837556
T3 - Critical Criminological Perspectives
SP - 199
EP - 230
BT - Wildlife Trafficking
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Cham
ER -
