Preventive strategies against illegal wildlife trade in Bogotá

Abstract

As one of the great responsibilities of the National Police and in accordance with the provisions of Law 99 of 1993, it is one of the entity in charge of protecting natural resources in Colombia, which presents various problems such as illegal trade which is why specialized groups have been created to help combat these scourges. The specialized groups in the environmental protection of the National Police have within their functions to carry out control, surveillance and prevention of traffic and illegal trade, for this they have been training members of the institution, in order to apply the new code of police, identify native species, the degree of threat according to the regulations, use applications, conduct campaigns, among other factors, in order to end trafficking and trade in species. With the development of this project, it is sought to know all the trafficking trends and illegal trade of wildlife, from the areas that are part of the environmental reserves such as the Orinoquia, Amazon, Andean and Pacific, determine which are the areas of greatest traffic influence and illegal trade of species towards the center of the country, determine the species that are more commercialized, in the center of the country likewise analyze the transport form of the fauna species. Within the Central Directorate of Judicial Police (DIJIN) was created, through the instruction 015 of the year 2000, the Investigative Group on Crimes against the Environment, which have become one of the most effective teams in the fight against environmental crime in the country. From this point of view, we seek to investigate behaviors that attempt against the environment; collect, analyze and classify information related to crimes that affect the environment throughout the national territory; and finally, dismantle criminal organizations dedicated to trafficking and commercialization of wildlife. In order to strengthen the process in the fight against the scourge of illegal trade in wildlife species, in the center of the country, the National Police, through the National Carabineros School, wanted to unite to implement control strategies, with the development of of the research project determining the factors that influence the illegal trade from a documentary analysis in the development of the research project seeks to implement preventive strategies, in order to counteract the illegal trade of species in life of extinction of wildlife. will make a rigorous study of potential buyers from the quantitative method of data from seizures, seizures, catch data, educational campaigns and studies carried out by different entities working with the problem of illegal trade in wildlife species.