Capacity for Enforcement 2.1
USAID Wildlife Asia as a case study in adaptive rigour: Monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptive management
In 2018, the USAID Office of Forestry and Biodiversity and Measuring Impact II began a collaboration with the USAID Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning and the UK Department for International Development.
Combating Wildlife Trafficking Learning Exchange: Meeting Report
In November 2019, USAID hosted a regional CWT learning exchange in Bangkok, Thailand.
Conservation and Law Enforcement in Gorongosa and Niassa: A Study of the Criminal Justice Process for Wildlife Crime, from Apprehension to Incarceration
In July 2019, USAID/Mozambique released a comprehensive study of the wildlife criminal justice process in Mozambique and identified key areas for improvement.
How Does Developing Enforcement Capacity Reduce Wildlife Crime?
"How Does Developing Enforcement Capacity Reduce Wildlife Crime?" summarizes findings from the literature around four key assumptions about capacity building for enforcement and prosecution.
Such Misconducts Don’t Make a Good Ranger Examining Law Enforcement Ranger Wrongdoing in Uganda
This case study offers an in-depth examination of rangers’ experiences with and perceptions of wrongdoing in a specific Ugandan protected area.
Wildlife & Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit
This toolkit is intended to serve as an initial entry point for national governments, international actors, practitioners and scholars to better understand the complexity of wildlife and forest crime, and to serve as a framework around which a prevention and response strategy can be developed.
Wildlife Crime: A Guide to the Use of Forensic & Specialist Techniques in the Investigation of Wildlife Crime
This handbook is aimed at enforcement officers involved in wildlife crime investigation.
Dismantling Wildlife Crime
This summary report, developed in preparation for the 2012 Fuller Science for Nature Symposium on Conservation Crime, provides a high-level overview of persistent challenges and suggested priorities for improving the effectiveness of enforcement efforts.
Strengthening the Weakest Links: Strategies for Improving the Enforcement of Environmental Laws Globally
This report presents a theoretical framework for enforcement as well as a deep analysis of four country case studies on their performance with enforcement of environmental laws.
Strategies for Enforcing Wildlife Trade Regulations in Ulaanbaatar
This case study reviews and recommends strategies to regulate wildlife trade through Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
In Cold Blood: Combating Organized Wildlife Crime
This gray-lit report on the scale and scope of global wildlife trafficking issues includes a summary of major relevant international resolutions and agreements.
The Disappearing Act: The Illicit Trade in Wildlife in Asia
A Foreign Policy working paper by the Brookings Institution that reviews the current status of illegal wildlife trade in Asia and provides a broad set of guidelines for designing policy responses.
Criminal Justice Response to Wildlife and Forest Crime in Cambodia: A Rapid Assessment
A 2015 rapid assessment by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime on the status of Cambodian criminal justice response to wildlife crime.
Policing the Wilderness: A Descriptive Study of Wildlife Conservation Officers in South Africa
A qualitative case study of the careers of field rangers in South Africa using data gathered from interviews and observation in six public and private game reserves, two training schools, and a university program.
Sustainable Conservation Approaches in Priority Ecosystems (SCAPES) Ustyurt Landscape Conservation Initiative (ULCI)
Final report for the Ustyurt Landscape Conservation Initiative (UCLI), a USAID-funded activity under the SCAPES program, implemented from 2009 to 2014.
The South Africa - Viet Nam Rhino Horn Trade Nexus: A Deadly Combination of Institutional Lapses, Corrupt Wildlife Industry Professionals and Asian Crime Syndicates
This is a 2012 TRAFFIC report summarizing the dynamics and drivers of the illegal trade in rhino horn from South Africa to Vietnam and aims to contribute understanding toward the “salient factors both in source country and end-use markets that underlie the current rhino crisis.
Successful Reduction in Rhino Poaching in Nepal
This journal article is a case study of Nepal’s successful efforts to reduce rhino poaching, and contains a review of the actions taken by the Nepalese government and partners, statistics of rhino poaching and populations, and the factors which may have contributed to a sharp decline in poaching.
Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of Asia’s Regional Response to Endangered Species Trafficking (ARREST) Program
This report is a mid-term performance evaluation of Asia’s Regional Response to Endangered Species Trafficking (ARREST), authored by MSI, and used “a mixed-methods evaluation design that combined qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection: document review, key informant interviews, and a survey.
Changes for Justice Project: Final Report
This is the final report for the Changes for Justice Project (C4J), a 5-year USAID contract implemented by Chemonics in Indonesia from 2010 to 2015 that had significant success building the capacity of the justice system to address environmental crime.
Competences for Personnel of Protected Areas and Other Conservation Sites: A Global Register and User Guide
The goal of the Global Register is to define and classify all the competencies potentially required for effective, efficient, and equitable management by people working in protected areas.
Anti-Poaching and Wildlife Law Enforcement in Africa: What Works, Where, and Why?
This report is a systematic review of effective wildlife law enforcement practices across Africa in light of the current poaching crisis.
