Media Report on Wildlife Trafficking in the Andes-Amazon region – July to December 2021 period

More than 1,800 live individuals of 217 species of wildlife were seized in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil in the last semester of 2021

Between July and December 2021, 348 news about seizures of the wildlife of illegal origin were registered, with 217 species involved. The report by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reveals that birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish continue to be the object of the illegal wildlife trade in the Andean-Amazonian countries.

Infographic – How to improve our participation and income in the chain of the balsa?

Infographics – Actors of the balsa circuit

Regional systematization of Actions on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) of the European Union and other initiatives

Within the framework of this project, a systematization process was developed aimed at identifying lessons learned from experiences to strengthen forest governance, which have been implemented in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. People and institutions from various sectors participated in this systematization: government, civil society and international cooperation organizations, as well as the private timber sector.

Infographic – Impacts of the extraction and commercialization of balsa

Infographic – Proper management of the balsa

Officials responsible for wildlife management at the national level strengthened their operational capacities with the support of WCS Ecuador

Between 6 and 10 December 2021, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in coordination with the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE), facilitated and supported the development of the VI Annual Workshop for Wildlife Managers, within the framework of its projects focused on combating wildlife trafficking financed by the United States Government and the European Union.

WCS Ecuador kicked off 2022 with new SMART training in the south of the country in Loja, Ecuador

These sessions were held between 12 and 19 January and were aimed at park rangers from the Podocarpus National Park. Currently, 26 protected areas already work with this control and surveillance tool made official in 2020 by the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE).