{"id":7277,"date":"2025-06-25T13:40:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/?p=7277"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:24:44","slug":"wildlife-crime-academy-strengthens-regional-enforcement-with-new-training-of-third-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/mk\/2025\/06\/25\/wildlife-crime-academy-strengthens-regional-enforcement-with-new-training-of-third-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Crime Academy strengthens regional enforcement with new training of third cohort\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As cross-border wildlife crime continues to escalate, undermining biodiversity, public health, and security, the Wildlife Crime Academy (WCA) has taken another step forward in strengthening Europe\u2019s collective response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new group of 37 professionals from nine countries has just completed a specialized training course focused on tackling illegal wildlife killing, poisoning and trapping.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Held from 10\u201312 June 2025 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unia.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International University of Andaluc\u00eda <\/a>in La R\u00e1bida, Spain, this session marked the first training under the <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/projects\/wildlife-crime-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WildLIFE Crime Academy LIFE <\/a>project (2024\u20132028) \u2014 an EU LIFE Programme initiative led by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4vultures.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vulture Conservation Foundation.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A proven model, scaled for regional impact&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wildlife Crime Academy was originally launched in 2021 under the BalkanDetox LIFE project and developed through the collaboration of the Vulture Conservation Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juntadeandalucia.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Junta de Andaluc\u00eda<\/a>, Spain&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miteco.gob.es\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITECO)<\/a>, and the Spanish Guardia Civil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academy is built on a simple premise: empower professionals to tackle wildlife crime with the same seriousness and capacity applied to other forms of crimes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The model works \u2014 and Andalusia is living proof. Over the past two decades, the region has reduced poisoning incidents by 90%, thanks to strategic enforcement, forensic expertise, and coordinated responses. The WCA is now sharing this success with the rest of Europe and beyond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2021 and 2024, the <a href=\"https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/mk\/wildlife-crime-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WCA<\/a> ran five international training courses \u2014 two Level I, two Level II and one Level III \u2014 involving 66 professionals from 13 countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Italy, Morocco, North Macedonia, Serbia and Spain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results speak for themselves. Thanks to trained alumni leading their own national courses, over 650 additional professionals have now been trained.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>New cohort, new momentum&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1009\" data-id=\"7290\" src=\"https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Serbian-group-\u00a9-VCF-1024x1009.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Serbian-group-\u00a9-VCF-1024x1009.png 1024w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Serbian-group-\u00a9-VCF-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Serbian-group-\u00a9-VCF-768x756.png 768w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Serbian-group-\u00a9-VCF-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Serbian-group-\u00a9-VCF.png 1058w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Serbian group \u00a9 VCF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most recent Level I course, titled Foundations of Forensic and Police Investigation in Wildlife Crime, trained 37 professionals from Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, and Spain. Among them were three Serbian participants brought with the BalkanDetox LIFE project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants included enforcement officers, prosecutors, forensic veterinarians, and NGO representatives. Over three intensive days, they were trained in securing crime scenes, conducting forensic necropsies, collecting toxicological evidence, and managing wildlife crime investigations. The Junta de Andaluc\u00eda, internationally recognized for its leadership in this field, again delivered the course, sharing insights grounded in decades of expertise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WildLIFE Crime Academy 2.0 (2024-2029)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With its second phase now underway, the WildLIFE Crime Academy project expands the reach and ambition. This phase is supported by the EU LIFE Programme and a range of complementary projects, including LIFE Aegypius Return, BalkanDetox LIFE, LIFE GypAct, and LIFE Rhodope Vulture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next four years, the project will:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Train 100 new wildlife crime experts through four international cohorts&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deliver national training programmes in at least 15 countries across Europe, North Africa and the Caucasus, reaching 1,000+ professionals&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Establish formal working groups connecting enforcement and environmental authorities&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Promote cross-border collaboration and intelligence-sharing through platforms like Europol and CMS\/MIKT&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Target countries include Slovenia, Montenegro, Romania, the northern part of Cyprus, Portugal, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Georgia, Turkey, France, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Spain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-4.11.10-PM-1024x756.png\" alt=\"Group photo with professors and participants \u00a9 VCF\" class=\"wp-image-7279\" style=\"width:1200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-4.11.10-PM-1024x756.png 1024w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-4.11.10-PM-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-4.11.10-PM-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-4.11.10-PM-1536x1133.png 1536w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-4.11.10-PM-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/balkandetoxlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-4.11.10-PM.png 1862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Group photo with professors and participants \u00a9 VCF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Wildlife Crime Academy is not only training professionals \u2014 it&#8217;s helping reshape how institutions think about and respond to wildlife crime. Each participant, whether trained by the Academy or through national courses, will be better prepared to act, collaborate, and protect wildlife from one of today&#8217;s most pressing threats.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Acknowledgements&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is made possible through the collaboration of the Vulture Conservation Foundation, Junta de Andaluc\u00eda, and the EU LIFE Programme, with strategic support from:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spain&#8217;s Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITECO)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guardia Civil \u2013 Spanish Police&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Europol&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CMS\/MIKT \u2013 Convention on Migratory Species&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IKB &#8211; BirdLife 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