Will Regional Monitoring Systems Help in Environmental Governance? A case study on the WEMS Model for Monitoring Enforcement of CITES Convention

REMI CHANDRAN; TOMASZ JANOWSKI; SRIKANTHA HERATH; ADEGBOYEGA OJO; ELSA ESTEVEZ; AGINAM OBIJOFOR

Connecticut

Conferencia; UNITAR/Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy; 2008

University of Yale; United Nations Institute for Research and Training (UNITAR)

This discussion paper will attempt to analyze the situation with regard to global governance in managing trade of wildlife, the role of UNEP and CITES convention, national governments and civil society. It will then explain the role of technology as a major instrument in finding solution to the problems of global environmental governance through a case study on the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System model in strengthening governance through an integrated approach by bridging together UN agencies, parties to UN conventions, research Institutions and civil society.