Panama: Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) in collaboration with the Grace Farms Foundation, RESTEC- Japan and ESRI Global successfully concluded discussions on the development of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for addressing data gaps in combating illegal wildlife trade and meeting sustainable development goals in Africa. The discussions were held on 22nd November 2022 at […]

 Rethinking the ‘Boundary-arrangement’ for an Evidence-based Approach in Addressing Wildlife and Forest crime Poaching and illegal trade in wild fauna and flora is a major threat to global biodiversity and addressing the issue remains complicated as it involves multiple countries and transnational criminal networks. The sophistication in the modus operandi of this high value crime […]

  The 2019 Pan-African Conference on Strengthening Information Sharing Infrastructure and Governance Frameworks to Address Human-Nature Conflicts  was organised by United Nations Development Programme and the Government of Tanzania. The Conference was held at the Sheraton Arusha Hotel Arusha, Tanzania on June 17 – 18 2019. The Conference was supported by the Government of Tanzania, […]

  Two years after the Tokyo Conference to Combat Wildlife Crime, UNOOSA in partnership with Government of Kenya initiated the United Nations/Kenya Conference on Space Technology and Applications for Wildlife Management and Protecting Biodiversity. The Conference brought together stakeholders involved in biodiversity and wildlife management, including representatives of space industry, governmental and non-governmental organizations and […]

The Tokyo Conference on Combating Wildlife Crime, a World Wildlife Day event, was held on 3-4th March- 2014 at the United Nations University (UNU) Headquarters in Tokyo. It was also the United Nations’ inaugural World Wildlife Day which coincided with the Girls day in Japan. The event was presided by Ms. Maria Mutagamba, Honorary Minister of […]