Preparation of Project Business Case for the UNDP China Country Office
UNDP China Country Office
Safeguarding iconic threatened species and their habitats in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces.
What We Did:
To meet the CITES mandate, TRAFFIC has pioneered analytical methods for ETIS data that allow seizure data to track global trade trends in illegal ivory. At the request of the Parties to the Standing Committee to CITES, Interamna was commissioned to perform an external review of the ETIS programme, adherence to standard data management frameworks, integrity of its underlying analytical and statistical methodologies, as well as its supporting business and operational processes using a rating scale consistent with UNEP guidelines.
Objective:
ETIS is a CITES-mandated database and programme managed by TRAFFIC on behalf of the Parties to CITES. It was established by the Conference of the Parties to CITES in 1997 to monitor and analyse illegal ivory trade trends and was designed to support decision-making for elephant conservation by providing essential information and analysis on illegal trafficking in ivory and trade in elephant specimens. Seizure data can provide unique insights into ivory trade dynamics, trends, and the evolution of illegal trade over time when other sources of information are not available.
