The Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime (EWC), the ICCF Group, and Legal Atlas, have shared the publication of the reports produced under their joint Alliance financed project “Preventing Future Zoonotic Pandemics: Strengthening National Legal Frameworks and International Cooperation”.
The reports consist of:
- Legislative Benchmarking Report Assessing Entity Needs to Manage Zoonotic Disease Risks in Wildlife Trade – serves as a foundation for an understanding of the approach to zoonotic disease prevention at various levels, i.e., national, regional, or global. It therefore serves as a fundamental precursor to legal best practices, establishing the groundwork for their identification.
- International Legal Best Practices: Terrestrial Wildlife Disease and Trade – provides a tool for assessing national legislation that directly or indirectly governs wildlife trade, and in particular, its ability to prevent, prepare for, and respond to zoonotic diseases emerging from wildlife.
- Legal Gap Analysis on Wildlife Disease in Terrestrial Fauna – reports for Angola, Botswana, and Zambia, that assess the relevant legal frameworks in each jurisdiction to manage and control wildlife diseases, and outline identified gaps in the national legislation that need to be addressed to strengthen the legal responses to managing zoonotic disease in the context of wildlife trade.
Furthermore, we are planning an online event on this project in early November. Stay tuned for more information!
Find more information on their website: NEW REPORTS ON ZOONOTIC DISEASE PREVENTION – End Wildlife Crime