Remi Chandran
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Remi Chandran is an environmental policy researcher who developed the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS) while working with the United Nations University
(UNU), Tokyo in 2005. His idea of building a common information sharing framework (bridging policy makers, enforcement officials, researchers and civil society members) to monitor illegal wildlife crime questioned the current practice of enforcement information sharing which relied on closed information where participation of scientific experts were discouraged. The first prototype of WEMS was developed in partnership with Asian Conservation Alliance, a network of grass root civil society members from 14 Asian Countries. In 2007, he moved to United Nations University - International Institute for Software Technology based in Macao as a Senior Researcher where he re-constituted the project to the needs of government agencies. The success of WEMS however had to wait until 2011 when Lusaka Agreement finally approved the implementation of Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System in East Africa.
Mr. Chandran left UN in 2010 but continues to serve in the management committee of WEMS initiative and is a Visiting Research Fellow at United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). He is also working on his PhD Thesis where his research looks back at the history of Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System, the current implementation in Africa and the problems in governance. He is based in the Netherlands with the faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation at University of Twente.
Mr. Chandran is a recipient of the Irish government
(1995) and the Erasmus Mundus
(2010) fellowships.
United Nations University
The United Nations University is an academic arm of the United Nations established in 1973, which serves purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The UNU undertakes research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of...
(UNU), Tokyo in 2005. His idea of building a common information sharing framework (bridging policy makers, enforcement officials, researchers and civil society members) to monitor illegal wildlife crime questioned the current practice of enforcement information sharing which relied on closed information where participation of scientific experts were discouraged. The first prototype of WEMS was developed in partnership with Asian Conservation Alliance, a network of grass root civil society members from 14 Asian Countries. In 2007, he moved to United Nations University - International Institute for Software Technology based in Macao as a Senior Researcher where he re-constituted the project to the needs of government agencies. The success of WEMS however had to wait until 2011 when Lusaka Agreement finally approved the implementation of Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System in East Africa.
Mr. Chandran left UN in 2010 but continues to serve in the management committee of WEMS initiative and is a Visiting Research Fellow at United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). He is also working on his PhD Thesis where his research looks back at the history of Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System, the current implementation in Africa and the problems in governance. He is based in the Netherlands with the faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation at University of Twente.
Mr. Chandran is a recipient of the Irish government
Irish Government
The Government of Ireland is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland.-Members of the Government:Membership of the Government is regulated fundamentally by the Constitution of Ireland. The Government is headed by a prime minister called the Taoiseach...
(1995) and the Erasmus Mundus
Erasmus Mundus
The European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme aims to enhance quality in higher educationthrough scholarships and academic co-operation between Europe and the rest of the world.Erasmus Mundus comprises three Actions:-Erasmus Mundus Joint Programmes:...
(2010) fellowships.
Reference
- Chandran, R., Krishnan, P., & Nguyen, K. (2011). Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS): A solution to support compliance of Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Government Information Quarterly,Volume 28, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 231-238.
- African Wildlife Monitored and Protected
- Boosting CITES -Jacob Phelps, Edward L. Webb, David Bickford, Vincent Nijman and Navjot S. Sodhi (2010), Science Journal
- New UN database to help combat wildlife crime - June 4, 2007, Reuters.
- UN University launches system to combat illegal wildlife trade - Sept. 28, 2006, Japan Times (Kyodo News)
- 国際連合大学が野生動物の違法取引監視システムをESRI社のGISを用いて構築
- Will regional monitoring systems help in environmental governance? A case study on the WEMS model for monitoring enforcement of CITES Convention.