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Tag: Council for National Protected Areas of Guatemala (CONAP)

  • Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 06:52 UTC

    UK embassy in Guatemala holds forum on Illegal Wildlife Trade

    British Ambassador to Guatemala, Carolyn Davidson, welcomed the forum on the latest strategies to tackle IWT and lessons learnt from previous experiences

    The British Embassy in Guatemala hosted a forum bringing together local partners in the fight against the Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT). Over the past decade, IWT has become a serious criminal industry fuelled by corruption, which has damaged economic growth and sustainable development, undermined good governance and the rule of law across the world, including here in Guatemala.