THEME: INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF

WILD ANIMLAS

TITLE OF PAPER: WILDLIFE CRIME AND THE LAW: IN TERNATIONAL

ACCORDS AND TREATIES

Author: Chandrika Choudhary- 7th Semester, 4th Year B.A. L.L.B. (hons.)
Email ID: chandrika0294@gmail.com
Contact No.: 09052571091
Name of the Institution: Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University,
Visakhapatnam.

Co-Author: Abhijeet Pandey- 5th Semester, 3rd Year B.A. L.L.B. (hons.)
Email ID:
Contact No.: 08790306082
Name of the Institution: Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University,
Visakhapatnam.
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 ABSTRACT

WILDLIFE CRIME AND THE LAW: INTERNATIONAL ACCORDS AND

TREATIES

Wildlife means all flora and fauna. Fauna are animals and birds, such as tigers and
falcons, but also include fish. Flora are plants, such as orchids or cacti but also
include timber and non-timber forest products, some of which are illegally traded at
very significant levels.
Crime refers to acts committed contrary to national laws and regulations intended to
protect natural resources and to administer their management and use. Wildlife crime
poses not only a real threat to biodiversity, but has also come to be regarded as a
security issue in some source countries. Wildlife crime start with the illicit
exploitation of natural resources such as, the poaching of an elephant, uprooting of a
rare orchid, unauthorized logging of trees, or unlicensed netting of sturgeons. It may
also include subsequent acts, such as the processing of fauna and flora into products,
their transportation, offer for sale, sale, possession, etc. it also includes the
concealment and laundering of financial benefits made out of these crimes. Some of
these crimes will take place solely in the country of origin, whilst others will occur in
the country of destination, where live flora or fauna specimens, or their derivatives,
are finally consumed.
Conservation, Protection of forest and wildlife assumes greater, significance in the
present scenario because of increased pressure on forest and the monetary value
involved in the wildlife trade. The paper deals in detail what is meant by wildlife,
wildlife crime, the crime detection, prevention agencies, and steps to be taken during
the wildlife crime scene area. Precautionary measure for prevention of wildlife
crimes. Paper deals with the relevant acts and their provisions to deals with wildlife
crime.