The declaration was unveiled at the United for Wildlife summit at the Gardens by the Bay on Monday. The organisation is an initiative set up by Britain's Prince William and the Royal Foundation.
Under the declaration, the financial intelligence units of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Britain and the United States have announced their support and agreed to a "statement of principles" for a multilateral approach to combating illegal wildlife trade.
The summit focused on the power of international collaboration and shone a spotlight on success stories from South-east Asia, which is estimated to account for up to 25 per cent of global illegal trade. The region is also at the forefront of tackling wildlife crime, with several successful stories from Singapore.
Prince William, who attended the summit, said that the Singaporean authorities have taken "tremendous leadership" in tackling illegal wildlife trade, noting that the Republic had seized about 34kg worth of rhinoceros horns worth $1.2 million at Changi Airport in 2022.
He added that United for Wildlife will enter a new partnership with Mandai Nature to build on the ongoing work for United for Wildlife's South-east Asian chapter.
Each chapter, which zeroes in on region-specific issues, allows countries to develop best practices and location-specific solutions.
Since 2016, United for Wildlife has supported 600 investigations, nearly 300 seizures of illegal wildlife products, and trained more than 111,000 people to target and tackle wildlife crime.
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