Combatting wildlife trafficking : building regional expertise and coordination through the CITES Master"s Program : graduates theses abstracts from the 2016/2017 and 2018/2019 cohorts from West Africa

Although regional in scope, WA BiCC works in targeted geographical areas, or ‘‘Learning Landscapes,’’ to generate knowledge that informs local, national, and regional practices addressing critical climate change and biodiversity challenges in West Africa. By working with core regional partners—the Economic Community of West African States, the Mano River Union, and the Abidjan Convention—alongside national and sub-national institutions and local communities, WA BiCC strives to increase the capacity of institutions at all levels to achieve its three core goals: combating wildlife trafficking; increasing coastal resilience to climate change; and reducing deforestation, forest degradation, and biodiversity loss.