Progress report on the implementation of the EU action plan against wildlife trafficking

Summary:

On 24 October 2018 the European Commission presented an overview of progress made in implementing the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking.

Further information:

In February 2016, the Commission adopted a Communication on an EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking containing a comprehensive strategy to fight wildlife crime inside the European Union (EU) and to strengthen the EU's role in the global fight against these illegal activities. The Action Plan covers a five-year period from 2016 to 2020.

The Action Plan contains 32 actions, structured around three priorities: (i) preventing wildlife trafficking and addressing its root causes; (ii) implementing and enforcing existing rules and combating organised wildlife crime more effectively; and (iii) strengthening the global partnership of source, consumer and transit countries against wildlife trafficking.

This report presents an overview of progress that all relevant actors have made in implementing the Action Plan, based primarily on the information submitted by 25 EU Member States, the European External Action Service, Europol, Eurojust and European networks specialising in the enforcement of EU environmental law.

More information on the measures taken to implement the Action Plan can be found in the staff working document accompanying this report.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2018)452: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:452:FIN

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