NESREA, UNODC partner to combat illegal wildlife trafficking

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NESREA, UNODC partner to combat illegal wildlife trafficking
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National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) have partnered to curb wildlife trafficking by monitoring and enforcing legislation in the sub-region.

National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime have partnered to curb wildlife trafficking by monitoring and enforcing legislation in the sub-region.

Jauro explained that the provision of real-time equipment would greatly enhance wildlife monitoring, investigation, intelligence gathering, enforcement, evidence collection, data generation, data management and transmission. NESREA’s DG, therefore, expressed appreciation to UNODC, adding that the gadgets would be deployed to the zonal and state field offices of the agency, particularly those that have been identified as hotspots for traffickers.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

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