EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking: Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Opportunities

On the occasion of World Wildlife Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) invite you to join a virtual dialogue on 3rd March 2022 / 2:00-4:00 pm CET that will present lessons learned and discuss challenges and opportunities for a renewed EU Action Plan to tackle wildlife trafficking, including how the EU can support the fight against wildlife trafficking in the field in partner countries.

Confirmed speakers include Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius – EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Ms. Hilde Vautmans – Member of the European Parliament and Chairwoman of MEPs for Wildlife, Mr. Jorge Rodriguez Romero – Deputy Head of Unit, Multilateral Environmental Cooperation at DG ENV, Ms. Diana Pérez-Aranda Serrano – National Coordinator, CITES Management Authority of Spain, Prof. Dr. Tanya Wyatt – Criminology, Northumbria University, and Ms. Yovana Murillo – WCS Program Manager for Counter Wildlife Trafficking in Andes - Amazon - Orinoco. This virtual dialogue will be moderated by Mr. Jorge Rios – Chief of UNODC Global Wildlife and Forest Crime Programme. 

The full programme will be available soon on this webpage.

Please register in order to receive the link to connect to the live event.

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