North American Wildlife Enforcement Group Groupe nord-américain d’application des lois sur les espèces sauvages Grupo de América del norte para la Aplicaciòn de la ley sobre vida silvestre Canada – United States of America - México
Who We Are Canada, United States of America, Mexico Created in 1994 Semi-formal governance Cross-border wildlife enforcement issues only (federal governments’ wildlife enforcement agencies only) Supported by the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
What We Do Coordination of joint training Joint operations on identified issues Intelligence sharing
Lessons Learned Someone to hold you accountable Link to other initiatives / regional organizations Get bilingual / trilingual people involved Build relationships so much, that a WEN becomes ‘redundant’. Link to country initiatives / groups (NESTs) and to Global initiatives (INTERPOL Working Groups)
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