Project Overview 

The project strengthens sustainable wildlife and natural resource governance through the Legal Hub, an online platform providing country profiles featuring access to statutory and customary laws, legal analyses, and diagnostics. It supports multi-stakeholder legal reform, promotes a One Health approach, and improves understanding of wildlife-related risks, including zoonotic diseases. 

Results & Outcomes by Country 

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 

• Produced a sectoral legal diagnostic report to guide policy decisions. 
• Established a multi-stakeholder governance structure (taskforce and steering committee). 
• Drafted a Community-Based Surveillance (CBS) guide integrating wildlife, livestock, and public health systems. 
• Developed the first national wildlife policy framework, addressing major legislative gaps. 

Outcome: 
Strengthened policy foundations for wildlife governance, improved cross-sector collaboration, and advanced One Health integration in national legislation. 

Cameroon 

• Supported alignment of national policies with the COMIFAC Convergence Plan. 
• Promoted the Legal Hub as a tool for comparative legal analysis and  legislative harmonization across the region, through a regional workshop (86 participants) . 
• Enhanced regional cooperation and knowledge exchange among Central African countries. 

Outcome: 
Improved regional policy coordination, increased uptake of Legal Hub tools, and strengthened frameworks for harmonised wildlife legislation. 

Namibia 

• Completed and validated a comprehensive legal analysis of wildlife management sectors. 
• Identified key legal gaps, including wild meat traceability and regulatory fragmentation. 
• Facilitated multi-sector dialogue between environment, agriculture, and health ministries. 
• Positioned Namibia as a regional model for community-based conservation in the KAZA region. 

Outcome: 
Enhanced legal coherence, strengthened inter-ministerial collaboration, and supported evidence-based law reform aligned with One Health principles. 

Cross-Cutting Results (All Countries) 

• Improved access to legal information through the Legal Hub platform. 
• Strengthened capacity of stakeholders (governments, civil society, communities). 
• Enabled participatory, evidence-based legal reforms. 
• Increased awareness of wildlife-related health risks and sustainable practices. 
• Promoted integration of customary law and indigenous rights into formal governance systems. 

Overall Impact 

The project demonstrates that combining legal analysis, stakeholder engagement, and digital tools can catalyse national and regional legal reforms, improve wildlife governance, and reduce health risks linked to wildlife use. The Legal Hub serves as a scalable model for integrated, multi-sectoral policy development under the One Health approach. 

Have a look what partners are saying across geograhies and international organisations:

For example here, Nyambe Nyambe, Executive Director of the KAZA Secretariat, explains their work with the Legal Hub:

More voices can be found here:

International level: 

• Interview with Ms Astrid Shomaker (CBD, Executive Secretary) – https://youtu.be/ELMn7XGO8hQ   
• Interview with Dr Musonda Mumba (Convention on Wetlands, Secretary General) – https://youtu.be/wRPwNAPQvgg 
• Interview with Amy Fraenkel (CMS, Executive Secretary)- https://youtu.be/niN8WWpSFus 
• Interview with Ivonne Higuero (CITES, Secretary General) – https://youtu.be/NqEDWxlYtQE  

Regional level: 

• Interview with M Chouaïbou Nchoutpouen  (Deputy Executive Secretary, Central African Forest Commission): https://youtu.be/gZlrcLo25qE  

National level: 

• Interview with Wynter Boipuso Mmolotsi  (Republic of Botswana, Minister of Environment and Tourism): https://youtu.be/csOYqHyweLo?si=RD5fPEYDLnVywOgQ  
• Interview with Evans Muhanga (Zambia, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism): https://youtu.be/lBgg22ASDA4?si=v-nAOE10Aj86qS4f  
• Interview with Ropsalie Matondo (Republic of Congo, Minister of Forest Economy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S64pSnPYfGY&t=2s  
• Interview with Eve Bazaiba Masudi (Democratic Republic of Congo, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoSTxK_9up4  
• Interview with Lucien Massoukou (Gabon, Director General of Wildlife and Protected Areas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IphKuHGk3Nk  
• Interview with Rinah Razafindrabe (Madagascar, Director General for environmental governance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NiCBYXQl30   

The Alliance held a joint webinar, presenting the project. Find the event report and recording of the webinar here: Event Report: Sustainable Wildlife Governance in Namibia, Cameroon, and DRC – SWM Programme and International Alliance Collaboration – International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade