Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System

The project plans to bring together various national institutions to a common information sharing platform and thereby building the capacity of the states to manage knowledge on wildlife crime trends and threat assessments.

WEMS will also help in providing analysed information electronically to all the national enforcement agencies and international policy makers including Interpol and CITES Secretariat.

It will also attempt to analyse the legal decisions on wildlife crimes from data obtained from local courts and will be able to identify weakness in legislation if any.

Moreover, the cross-border nature of wild life crime underscores the need to enhance cooperation among our governments and to pool financial and human resources.

I am confident that these measures will go a long way in enhancing our capacity to protect our wildlife resources.United Nations University - Institute for Advanced Studies United Nations University - Campus Computing Centre Lusaka Agreement Task Force Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)