Address the serious and rising environmental impacts of environmental crime.

 



Support UNEP as the global environmental authority to address the serious and rising environmental impacts of environmental crime and to engage the relevant coordination mechanisms of the UN system to support countriesand national, regional and international law enforcement agencies with relevant environmental information to facilitate theirefforts to combat the illegal trade in wildlife species and theirproducts, as well as illegal logging and illegal trade in timber.  


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