FIRST WILDLIFE LAW

ENFORCEMENT SUMMIT

LIEZEL A.AQUIATAN
Senior Assistant City Prosecutor
Quezon City
WILDLIFE CRIME
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTION OF THE OFFENDERS
IS NOT ACTUALLY TO PUNISH THEM
BUT TO GIVE WARNING TO OTHERS
NOT TO EXPLOIT AND DESTROY OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND TO SPREAD
AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF CONSERVING AND PROTECTING
OUR ECOSYSTEM.
PUNISHMENT
AND
DETERRENCE
KNOWLEDGE

AND

COMMITMENT
INITIATIVES
 TASK FORCE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES

DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 359

SERIES OF 2016
TRAININGS

AND

SEMINARS
ASSISTANCE IN THE
PREPARATION OF
JUDICIAL AFFIDAVITS
CHALLENGES
INSTITUTIONAL
INDIFFERENCE TO
TREAT ENVIRONMENTAL
OFFENSES AS SERIOUS
CRIMES
 LACK
OF
LOGISTICS
 WEAK CAPACITY
BUILDING PROGRAMS
 POLITICAL
INTERFERENCE
INSUFFICIENT TECHNICAL
EFFICIENCY TO GATHER
THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE
TO PROSECUTE THESE
TYPES OF CRIMES
RECOMMENDATIONS
CREATION OF
NATIONAL TASK
FORCE
ENHANCING CAPACITY
BUILDING AND WILDLIFE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
NETWORK
IMPROVING SKILLS
TO PREPARE AND
PRESENT WILDLIFE
CASES IN COURT
THANK YOU