{"id":6091,"date":"2026-10-23T04:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikanodemosites.com\/wems\/?page_id=6091"},"modified":"2026-10-23T05:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T05:33:21","slug":"wems-initiative-as-a-science-technology-platform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikanodemosites.com\/wems\/research\/wems-initiative-as-a-science-technology-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"WEMS-initiative as a Science-Technology platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6091\" class=\"elementor elementor-6091\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e16231 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e16231\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74da595 sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"74da595\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94efc01 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94efc01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>August 20, 2020 | RESEARCH REPORT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c42184a sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c42184a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Information Note<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69a3821 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69a3821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Written by Remi Chandran<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5334f9c sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5334f9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e82e43c sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e82e43c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following the successful implementation of WEMS in Africa, United Nations University called upon scientists, policy makers, industrialists and civil society to strengthen the technological innovations in addressing wildlife crime. During the occasion of the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0World Wildlife Day, United Nations University hosted the\u00a0Tokyo Conference on Combating Wildlife Crime\u00a0on 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0March 2014.\u00a0 The theme of the Tokyo Conference was on Evidence based policy making in addressing wildlife crime and on how to bring about effective transboundary information sharing on wildlife crime, especially in developing countries. United Nations University also released its policy report titled\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><em>Bytes beyond borders: strengthening transboundary information sharing on wildlife crime through the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS) initiative<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><em>A high level panel participated by the Minister of T<span class=\"st\">ourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Honorable Maria Mutagamba\u00a0<\/span>from Uganda discussing on evidence based policy process in addressing wildlife crime<\/em><\/p><p>The Tokyo Conference has led to two UN conferences in Africa<\/p><ul><li>United Nations\/Kenya Conference on Space Technology and Applications for Wildlife Management and Protecting Biodiversity in 2016<\/li><li>Pan-African Conference on Strengthening Information Sharing Infrastructure and Governance Frameworks to Address Human-Nature Conflicts\u2019 in 2019<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f73030c sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"f73030c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e5882e sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e5882e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">REPORT DETAILS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7896d95 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7896d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><div><div><p>Author: Remi Chandran<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div><div><p>Published: August 20, 2020<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div><div><p>Category: Research Report<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bba1b90 elementor-widget-divider--view-line sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bba1b90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ac7b8 sc_fly_static elementor-widget 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