Laos private sector commitment building

TRAFFIC

The TRAFFIC project, Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species (ROUTES), is an innovative and transformational partnership, supported by USAID, that brings together international conservation organizations, donors, government, and the transportation and logistics industry for a multi-year collaborative program to disrupt wildlife trafficking by reducing the use of legal transportation supply chains – referenced also in the national level law enforcement section above.

United for Wildlife (UfW)

UfW is working with the transportation sector through the UfW Transport Taskforce, which developed and is working to implement the commitments in the UfW Buckingham Palace Declaration. This work is being done in recognition that international freight and passenger transportation is vital to the movement of illegal wildlife products from source through transit and into markets, and that the private sector can assist in reducing such shipments. United for Wildlife, through The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, provides the secretariat for the Transport Taskforce, which includes 75 representatives from across the transport sector covering aviation, maritime, freight forwarders and enforcement. To support action from the transportation sector the Transport Taskforce is providing a mechanism for the collection and analysis of NGO information regarding wildlife trafficking, and sharing of verified information with signatories to the Buckingham Palace Declaration, including through regular alerts pertaining to illicit trafficking methods as well as details of specific trafficking cases.