Making Indonesia’s new Conservation Law work against Illegal Wildlife Trade

We're proud to be supporting the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) in their new project “Making Indonesia’s new Conservation Law work against Illegal Wildlife Trade”.

Indonesia, one of the world's most biodiverse countries, remains a center of wildlife crime.  Following a decade of negotiation, the country's main Conservation Law was finally revised in 2024.  Among the revisions, Law No. 32 of 2024 now includes an important new provision: wildlife offenders can be ordered to pay compensation for causing environmental harm, with those funds used to reinvest into conservation.  This is transformative, if the Law can be equitably and effectively operationalised.

In partnership with Indonesia's Conservation Law Working Group (Pokja), the project will support the development of key implementing regulations to help guide government officials in applying the new Law, including in the use of the new remedy-oriented provision. The new guidelines will also be mainstreamed into training for judges and prosecutors. The team will also support champion prosecutors in using this new provision for the first time.  

Funded by the UK Government through the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund.