The Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System

In Silos to Synergy, 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, shaped by conflicting regulations, ideologies, and institutional barriers. By exploring changes in the wildlife-trade policy system and the evolving roles of key actors, Chandran reveals how these shifts transformed the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring Initiative (WEMS). This initiative redefined data-sharing practices and paved the way for platforms like Digital Public Information Systems for human-nature conflicts and Nature ID. More than a technical achievement, it is a story of collaboration, resilience, and shared knowledge.