16 U.S.C. § 7612 — Statement of United States policy
submitted 10 years ago by Pub. L. 114-231 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 257 words · no verdicts yet
This law states U.S. policy on fighting illegal wildlife trafficking. It commits the government to helping other countries stop poaching, to using U.S. resources to break up trafficking networks, and to treating wildlife trafficking as linked to broader organized crime.
It is U.S. policy to:
(1) Take immediate action to stop the illegal global trade in wildlife and wildlife products and the associated transnational organized crime.
(2) Give focus countries technical and other assistance to halt poaching of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other imperiled species and end the illegal wildlife trade. This includes training* and assistance in wildlife protection and population management; anti-poaching and effective management of protected areas, including community-managed and privately owned lands; local involvement of security forces in anti-poaching duties where appropriate; investigative techniques for wildlife trafficking, including forensic tools; transparency and corruption issues; managing, tracking, and inventorying confiscated wildlife contraband; demand-reduction strategies in countries that lack the means and resources to carry them out; and bilateral and multilateral agreements and cooperation.
(3) Use appropriate United States Government assets and resources in a coordinated way to curtail poaching and disrupt and dismantle illegal wildlife-trade networks and their financing, in a way appropriate for each focus country.
(4) Build on the National Strategy* and Implementation Plan* to combat wildlife trafficking holistically and guide the United States Government’s response to ensure progress in fighting wildlife trafficking.
(5) Recognize wildlife trafficking’s ties to broader forms of transnational organized criminal activity, including “trafficking”. This section does not define “trafficking”. Where applicable, focus on those crimes in a coordinated, cross-cutting way.
It is the policy of the United States—
to take immediate actions to stop the illegal global trade in wildlife and wildlife products and associated transnational organized crime;
to provide technical and other forms of assistance to help focus countries halt the poaching of elephants, rhinoceroses, and other imperiled species and end the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products, including by providing training* and assistance in—
wildlife protection and management of wildlife populations;
anti-poaching and effective management of protected areas including community managed and privately-owned lands;
local engagement of security forces in anti-poaching responsibilities, where appropriate;
wildlife trafficking investigative techniques, including forensic tools;
transparency and corruption issues;
management, tracking, and inventory of confiscated wildlife contraband;
demand reduction strategies in countries that lack the means and resources to conduct them; and
bilateral and multilateral agreements and cooperation;
to employ appropriate assets and resources of the United States Government in a coordinated manner to curtail poaching and disrupt and dismantle illegal wildlife trade networks and the financing of those networks in a manner appropriate for each focus country;
to build upon the National Strategy* and Implementation Plan* to further combat wildlife trafficking in a holistic manner and guide the response of the United States Government to ensure progress in the fight against wildlife trafficking; and
to recognize the ties of wildlife trafficking to broader forms of transnational organized criminal activities, including trafficking, and where applicable, to focus on those crimes in a coordinated, cross-cutting manner.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 114–231, title I, § 102, Oct. 7, 2016, 130 Stat. 951.)
- 2016Enacted · Pub. L. 114-231 · 130 Stat. 951
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