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Reducing Demand for illegal wildlife products: Conference Proceedings

Published 2 September 2019

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In recent years, behavioural science has gained unprecedented traction as a core approach to influencing buyer behaviour, purchasing preferences and consumer disuse of illegal wildlife products. Between the 28th and 30th November 2018, more than 100 participants from 60 organisations and 21 countries gathered together to consider recent progress and evolutions in thinking across the field, and to learn more about cutting edge innovations and strategic approaches that might be adapted.

Reducing demand for Illegal Wildlife Products: Conference Proceedings

Report author(s):
TRAFFIC

Publication date:
September 2019


Notes:

This report was made possible with support from the American people delivered through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Wildlife Trafficking Response, Assessment, and Priority Setting (Wildlife TRAPS) project. The contents are the responsibility of TRAFFIC and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of USAID or the U.S. Government.

This report was made possible with additional contributions from the German Partnership project, implemented by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); and the Asia Wildlife Enforcement and Demand Management project, funded by the European Union.


About Wildlife TRAPS

The Wildlife TRAPS Project, implemented by TRAFFIC and IUCN with funding support from USAID, is helping to forge cross-sectoral partnerships with government and experts in inter-governmental organisations, NGOs, academia, and the private sector to identify risk mitigation strategies to prevent future zoonotic spillover potential associated with trade in wild animals. 

As well as social and behavioural change interventions, the Wildlife TRAPS project is supporting policy and regulatory reform efforts, including strengthening supply chain management systems. The identification of critical control points within wildlife trade supply chains will help target illicit and other high-risk wildlife trade practices that may facilitate the transmission of zoonotic diseases.