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<p>The implementation of the 2014 London Conference Declaration has been led by the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
has supported this work both financially and through our overseas network of posts
which is working with international organisations, governments, NGOs and businesses
across the globe to combat Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT).</p><p>Between 2014 and 2021
Her Majesty's Government will be investing over £36 million on action to tackle IWT.
Significant progress has been made, and since 2014 the UK has:</p><p>- Funded 61 projects
through the IWT Challenge Fund, including: training border force agents and prosecutors;
campaigning to reduce demand in key markets; supporting legislative reform and helping
communities to manage and benefit from their wildlife. It also funds projects tackling
corruption.</p><p>- Provided British Army personnel to train park rangers in key African
states.</p><p>- Supported INTERPOL's work on intercepting shipments of ivory, rhino
horn and other illegal wildlife products and the International Consortium for Combatting
Wildlife Crime in assisting Governments to strengthen their criminal justice systems
and enhance enforcement capabilities.</p><p>- successfully lobbied to increase the
Global Wildlife Programme from $131m to $168m</p><p>- Worked with UN, G20 and EU partners
- as well as NGOs, business and law enforcement experts - to build a global coalition
against IWT.</p><p>A raft of new measures were announced at the London 2018 conference
which build on the commitments being implemented following the IWT conferences in
London in 2014, Kasane in 2015 and Hanoi in 2016. 57 countries have adopted the London
2018 Declaration, with more expected to sign. We will continue to work with our international
partners to make further progress on the commitments pledged at all the IWT conferences.</p>
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