Combating Wildlife Trafficking Requires Cross-Sector Synergy and Strengthened Oversight of Transit Routes

The Deputy for Natural Environment and Biodiversity at the Department of Environment, stressing the need to strengthen coordination among responsible agencies, said that effectively combating wildlife trafficking requires identifying trafficking bottlenecks, increasing oversight of illegal transit routes for species, and leveraging the specialized and intelligence capacities of relevant agencies.

The Deputy of Natural Environment and Biodiversity of the Environmental Protection Organization emphasized the need to strengthen coordination between the responsible agencies and said: Effectively dealing with wildlife trafficking requires the identification of trafficking bottlenecks, increased monitoring of illegal species transfer routes, and the use of specialized and informational capacities of relevant agencies.