The Global Initiative To End Wildlife Crime

The Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime (EWC) is a broad alliance of environmental, policy, legal, business and public health experts; created to address serious gaps in the existing international legal framework for combating wildlife crime and regulating wildlife trade. EWC advocates for, and offers technical support towards, (1) the creation of a new global agreement on wildlife crime and (2) the amendment of existing international wildlife trade laws to include public and animal health in decision making. EWC is hosted by ADM Capital Foundation and chaired by John Scanlon AO (the former Secretary General of CITES), with a steering group comprising the Born Free Foundation, The Food and Land Use Coalition, the Global Environmental Institute and The ICCF Group.