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Dear ROUTES Partners,
After six successful years of addressing wildlife trafficking in aviation, we have come to our final USAID ROUTES Partnership Newsletter to close out ROUTES. This special issue contains our newly launched final report and video, making an extraordinary summary that all involved can be proud of.
Even in its final months, ROUTES delivered some exciting and impactful outputs, including the Wildlife Sentinel app with Crime Stoppers International, new training materials, and our Step Up campaign video, which brought aviation companies across the world together to say ‘It Doesn’t Fly With Us’.
We are grateful to those that have joined us along the way, from our core partners to every airline, airport, and association that has spread awareness and taken action against wildlife trafficking. Of course, the work is by no means over. ROUTES' training resources, guidance and tools have created a springboard for combating wildlife trafficking efforts in air transport well into the future to disrupt this ruinous crime. So dive into the last Newsletter; it has the resources and contacts you need to continue the momentum and celebrate the success of our collaboration over the years.
Kind regards,
Crawford Allan, ROUTES Lead
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ROUTES: From Take Off to Touch Down
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How has the ROUTES Partnership transformed the aviation industry's response to wildlife trafficking since it began in 2015?
Take a look at the From Take Off to Touch Down report and accompanying video, they provide an overview of ROUTES’ achievements and impact during its six years of implementation and explore how that impact can be sustained in future.
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Wildlife Sentinel is a new anonymous illegal wildlife trade reporting app for the air transport sector, produced in collaboration with Crime Stoppers International (CSI). Users fill in a simple form with details of a wildlife trafficking suspicion, and then the report is sent to CSI to review it and share with the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
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Within two months of the app becoming available online, 120+ reports have already been submitted by aviation personnel. To strengthen your defense against wildlife trafficking, encourage your colleagues to download the app today by searching for ‘Wildlife Reporting’ and finding the tiger icon on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
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Final Partnership Meeting
On October 13, ROUTES hosted a final Partnership Meeting to reflect upon its achievements and point to sustaining this impact in the future. As well as the ROUTES Core Team, representatives from airports, airlines, associations, law enforcement, NGOs, governments and more were in attendance. Recordings of the celebration and discussion are available on the ROUTES YouTube Channel.
Watch on YouTube here.
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The future of ROUTES resources
- The ROUTES website and all resources, including training courses, guidance documents, reports, awareness materials and more, will continue to be available post close of ROUTES:
https://routespartnership.org
- The ROUTES Dashboard will remain available, offering data and analytics on wildlife seizures in air transport from 2009-2021. The data and functionality have also been incorporated into TRAFFIC's Wildlife Trade Portal, where data will continue to be updated.
- A Resource and Contact Reference Guide is available on the ROUTES website - a one-stop shop signposting resources and contacts to help the aviation sector combat wildlife trafficking into the future.
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A Message From The Aviation Industry:
"It Doesn't Fly With Us!"
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World Rhino Day (September 22) saw the release of the ROUTES Step Up to Stop Wildlife Trafficking campaign video. Many ROUTES aviation partners across the world came together to denounce the illegal wildlife trade and voice their commitment to taking action. Our thanks goes out to all who took part in this campaign – please share far and wide and see if you can spot your colleagues!
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LAC Stakeholder Meeting and National Working Groups
In August, over 50 representatives from aviation stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as well as governments and NGOs, gathered to discuss how they can work together to secure the region against wildlife trafficking. The meeting resulted in three country-specific action plans and the formation of new working groups in Brazil and Mexico that now meet regularly.
Read more.
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ACI Combatting Wildlife Trafficking course
This first of its kind course for airports provides an understanding of the key issues and challenges airports face in relation to wildlife trafficking, and explores the tools they can use to combat the problem. Available in English, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish & Portuguese.
Access the course here.
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Kenya Airways video
On World Elephant Day, Kenya Airways released a video featuring staff in different roles explaining why and how they’re striving to secure their flights against the illegal wildlife trade and calling upon others to step up to the challenge.
Watch it here.
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Congratulations, El Dorado International Airport, Bogatá!
El Dorado International Airport, Colombia, has signed the Buckingham Palace Declaration, committing to taking defined measures to address wildlife trafficking in aviation.
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Shortly after attending the ROUTES LAC Stakeholder Meeting and making ROUTES training compulsory for airport staff, in September, El Dorado Airport was successful in seizing 3,493 shark fins and 117 kilograms of fish swim bladders which were en route to Hong Kong. Photo: Secretaria de Ambiente de Bogotá
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