The Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System: From Silos to Synergy in Environmental Governance [Hardcover]

In The Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System, Remi Chandran chronicles a twenty-year journey to develop an innovative tool that enhances wildlife law enforcement information sharing through mapping technology. The book examines the intrinsic challenges of data sharing, which is shackled by conflicting regulations, ideologies, and institutional barriers. By exploring the changes in the wildlife-trade policy system and the evolving roles of key actors, Chandran reveals how these shifts transformed the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System  (WEMS). The novel WEMS  initiative redefined data-exchange  practices and shaped the way for platforms like the Digital Public Infrastructure to tackle humanature conflicts. More than a technical achievement, this is a story of collaboration, resilience, and shared knowledge.

Chapter1: If WEMS is the Solution What is the Problem.- Chapter2: Historical Overview of Multilateral Agreements, CITE Enforcement efforts and the Development of the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System.- Chapter3: The Workings of International Wildlife Politics and Policy Domains.- Chapter4: Stakeholder Policy Beliefs in the Wildlife Policy Subsystem in Asia and Africa.- Chapter5: Explaining Policymaking on WEMS in Asia and Africa.- Chapter6: Bridging Multiple Social Worlds Boundary work in the adoption of WEMS.- Chapter7: Moving Beyond Enforcement.

Remi Chandran is an environmental governance specialist with over thirty years’ experience at the intersection of public policy, geospatial technology, and sustainability. As founder of the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS) Initiative, he transformed enforcement information systems by introducing the academic community into a domain traditionally dominated by enforcement agencies—setting a global precedent for data transparency and collabol“¼