The LIFE SWiPE project was presented at the International Congress for Conservation Biology

On July 2023, the 31st International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), the premier global meeting for conservation scientists and professionals, hosted a talk from the LIFE SWiPE project team about the situation of wildlife crime in Spain. The congress, organized by the Society for Conservation Biology, took place from July 23-27, 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda.

The oral presentation, titled ‘Uncovering wildlife crime in Europe. The situation in Spain‘, was given by Silvia Díaz Lora, LIFE SWiPE coordinator at WWF Spain. Her talk addressed the main findings of the SWiPE spanish national report, based on a joint investigation by WWF Spain, the International Centre for Environmental Law Studies (CIEDA-CIEMAT), the University of Granada (UGR) and the Institute for Advanced Social Studies (IESA-CSIC).

Silvia Díaz Lora, LIFE SWiPE coordinator at WWF-Spain, during her talk at the ICCB 2023

ICCB is the premier global meeting for conservation scientists and professionals, including researchers, students, agency personnel, environmental educators, practitioners, and other conservation stakeholders. Attendees gather for lively discussions and scientific presentations on the nexus between biodiversity conservation and genetics, ecology, biogeography, anthropology, history, psychology, economics, conservation marketing, religion, and more.