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RECOMMENDATIONS

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Strengthen MONUC by expanding its mandate to secure full control of border crossings, by any means necessary,

with regard to the export of illegally exploited natural resourc- es, that are financing the conflict, in full collaboration with and assisting the national customs authority to intervene and halt trans-national environmental crime, in close coordination with appropriate national and international bodies.

Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, including coordination with MONUC, the Lusaka Agreement Task Force and relevant law enforcement agencies.

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Mobilize resources for trans-boundary collaboration and coordination, including all aspects of transnational envir -

onmental crime and investigation from source to end-user outside the region – including investigations of complicit companies in recipient countries, especially but not limited to the EU, USA, People’s Republlic of China and the rest of Asia – in order to monitor the origin and halt the purchase of illegally exploited and smuggled minerals and timber from the Congo Basin.

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Mobilize funding for judicial training and cross-bound- ary training of judicial staff in national and transnational

environmental crime in gorilla range states to assist in bring- ing successful prosecutions.

Enhance support for close coordination and trans-bound- ary collaboration among parks in DRC, Burundi, Rwanda,

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Strengthen long term training programmes in law en- forcement for park rangers and wildlife managers across

the region including those working outside of parks, for ex- ample in community reserves, with particular reference to anti- poaching, monitoring, scene of crime investigation and intel- ligence gathering.

Promote the essential role that local, national and inter- national law enforcement and anti-corruption plays in

ensuring the success of rainforest protection and climate mitiga- tion efforts under REDD+ and source specific finance for these measures through UNEP, UNODC, LATF and INTERPOL.

Establish a fund for supporting trans-boundary investigation and collaboration on trans-national environmental crime.

Strengthen the collaboration of UNEP, UNODC, UN De- partment of Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO), CITES,

World Customs Organization (WCO) and INTERPOL on trans- national environmental crime – including illegal trade in valu- able natural resources such as minerals, wood products and wildlife – by, for example, secondment of experienced officers to help investigate cases and bring about prosecutions.

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Support the need for strengthened funding for gorilla research and survey data. The report, compiling some of

the most recent data and information from a variety of sources, clearly highlights the lack of accurate survey data in parts of the regions within the 10 gorilla range states.

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