GUWAHATI: Geneva-based Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC) in collaboration with Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation, hosted a day-long event called “Resilience Dialogues”, addressing various nature crimes, recently.
The event aimed to bring together stakeholders and community representatives to understand different nature crimes such as illegal wildlife trade, poaching, illegal mining, and illegal logging in the South Asia region.
Participants from different states of Northeast and Nepal shared their diverse experiences and opinions.
Alaistar Mcbeath, Coordinator of GI-TOC, initiated the dialogue with a presentation on the global perspective of nature crimes.
The session was anchored by Radha Barooah of GI-TOC and facilitated by Ivy Farheen Hussain of Aaranyak.
Participants from diverse professional backgrounds attended the event.
They included experts in wildlife and nature conservation from both government and non-government sectors, environmental educators, and community welfare advocates.
Also present were specialists in biodiversity conservation communication and documentation.
They discussed the variety of nature crimes affecting the region, including illegal wildlife trade, poaching, illegal mining, and logging.
The participants explored ways for multi-stakeholder cooperation with an aim to mitigate these crimes.
They highlighted that these crimes significantly impact grassroots communities, especially women.
The dialogue concluded with the documentation of a set of recommendations to effectively address nature crimes through the involvement of various stakeholders.
