1. 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

2. 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

3. What We Do Coordination of joint training
Joint operations on identified issues
Intelligence sharing

4. 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)

5. Next….
An Arctic Species WEN?