We support the Government of Malawi to take progressive action on wildlife and forest crime.
Wildlife Crime
After being singled out as a notorious hub for ivory trafficking in 2016, Malawi now has some of the world’s toughest laws on wildlife crime – laws that we helped to develop and now help implement. Since this legislation came into effect, ivory trafficking has dropped by 67%. Average sentences have moved from fines of just $40 to six years’ imprisonment for offences against Listed Species.
In the past year
93%
conviction rate for offences against Listed Species
67%
drop in elephant-related court cases since 2017
98%
conviction rate for forestry cases
OUR PROJECTS
Supporting justice
We run a court monitoring programme and national wildlife crime database. We also develop specialist tools for magistrates, judges, prosecutors, and investigators.
DOG UNIT
The Wildlife Detection Dog Unit is run in partnership with the Malawi Police Service and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife.
Regional collaboration
We work with partners throughout the region to tackle cross-border wildlife trafficking.