USAID
Combating Wildlife Trafficking ProgramUSAID Combating Wildlife Trafficking Program
Date: October 16, 2024Project Summary
The Combating Wildlife Trafficking Program is a regional project to address the illegal collection and the international and national poaching and trafficking of endemic and globally threatened species from the Caribbean.
Specific objectives are:
- Enhance monitoring and protection by local law enforcement;
- Increase the capacity of law enforcement agencies and the judiciary to mitigate poaching and trafficking;
- Increase regional collaboration and policy harmonization; and
- Understand and influence consumers’ attitudes and behaviours towards reducing demand.
As part of Objective 1, a subgrant has been awarded to the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM) to protect and monitor the Portland Bight Protected Area, which is home to Jamaican Coney, Jamaican Crocodile, Jamaican Iguanas and other species at risk from national and international poaching and trafficking
