products; and
d) undertaking any other initiatives which promote the effective and efficient enforcement
of wildlife laws and regulations within, between and among States Parties.
4. Through the designated Interpol NCB, the wildlife law enforcement authorities in a
State Party may request from the designated Interpol NCB in any other State Party or
States Parties any assistance or information which may be required to locate, apprehend,
or extradite an individual charged with violating the wildlife laws of the State Party.
5. The wildlife law enforcement authorities in each State Party shall provide to the
designated Interpol NCB in that Member State all available data on, inter alia, the
location and movements of illegal takers and traders and the location of routes for illegal
transfrontier trafficking in wildlife and wildlife products, except where the provision of
such information would jeopardise investigations or impinge on the security of a State
Party.
ARTICLE 10
CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR EFFECTIVE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
1. States Parties shall co-operate in capacity-building for effective wildlife management.
2. States Parties shall endeavour to incorporate into existing training programmes,
techniques such as community-based natural resources management and administration,
indigenous knowledge systems as well as current practices in both the wildlife
management and wildlife law enforcement fields.
3. States Parties shall identify aspects of wildlife management and wildlife law
enforcement for which adequate training programmes are not available within the Region
and shall establish training programmes to meet the needs identified.
4. The WSTCU shall co-ordinate, at the regional level, initiatives of States Parties to
standardise and initiate training programmes.
ARTICLE 11
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
1. States Parties shall allocate the necessary financial resources for the effective
implementation of this Protocol at the national level.
2. Member States shall meet their own expenses for attending meetings of the WSTC .
3. Member States shall create a fund known as the Wildlife Conservation Fund for
programmes and projects associated with this Protocol pursuant to Article 25 of the
Treaty.
4. Other resources of the Wildlife Conservation Fund may include grants, donations,
technical assistance and funds for specified projects and programmes pursuant to this
Protocol.