Transboundary wildlife crime impacts on the global biodiversity, environmental sustainability and sustainable development and is usually connected to other types of organized criminal activities like narcotics trafficking and money laundering. Critical and regulated and collaborative forums to tackle such a challenge are found in Multilateral Environmental Agreements ( MEAs ) like the Ramsar Convention, Convention on Biological Diversity, Convention on Migratory Species, or Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The research paper reviews the provisions, implementation and use of MEAs in order to determine its effectiveness in wildlife crime. Even though MEAs make a significant contribution in controlling the global trade of wildlife and encouraging wildlife conservation, some challenges still exist because of the discrepancies of states in the process of implementing MEAs, political goodwill, absence of enforcement power, or loopholes that criminals take advantage of.
It is notable that the paper is devoted to the public awareness or capacity building or the role of the non-governmental agencies in enhancing the compliance. As can be seen, the paper concludes that MEAs play a vital role in the war against cross border wildlife crime, but their performance will require enhanced cross border engagement, standardisation of laws and solid commitment by governments, non-governmental organisations, international organisations and communities...
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