Dialogue: Community involvement in preventing and combating wildlife, forest and fisheries crime
CEESP Virtual Dialogue: byÌýDr. Inés Arroyo Quiroz, UNAM, Mexico; Dr. Meredith Gore, University of Maryland, USA;ÌýÌýDr. David Rodriguez Goyes, University of Oslo, NorwayÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
As a quarter of the world’s land is owned or managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, they must be central to global conservation efforts to tackle international wildlife trade.
Photo: Ana Valerie Mandri Rohen & Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ CEESP
Photo: Ana Valerie Mandri Rohen & Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ CEESP
A CEESP Virtual Dialogue took place on the topic ofÌý'Community involvement in preventing and combating wildlife, forest and fisheries crime'' in both English and Spanish.Ìý
Wildlife crimes touch every country, impacting biodiversity, human health, national security, socio-economic development, as well as lining the pockets of organized criminal groups. Illegal trade in wildlife can lead to the spread of zoonoses, such as SARS-CoV-2 that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recording is available below, as well as anÌýInfographic summarizing some 1)Ìýchallenges, 2)Ìýlessons learned, 3) recommendations for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, and 4) calls to action.Ìý
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Panelists:
- Dr. Inés Arroyo Quiroz, Programa de Estudios Socioambientales, CRIM - UNAM, Mexico
- Dr. Meredith Gore, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, USA
- Dr. David Rodriguez Goyes,ÌýDepartment of Criminology and Sociology of Law,ÌýUniversity of Oslo, NorwayÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
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