CIEEM members may encounter wildlife crime in a variety of situations. This Advice Note is intended to help members understand their responsibilities with regards to reporting wildlife crime.

Members are bound by adherence to a Code of Professional Conduct which includes a requirement to promote compliance with relevant legislation. However the issues involved in reporting wildlife crime can be complex and there are important variations in national legislation and common law applicable across the different parts of the UK, as well as considerably more variation in the legal frameworks outside of the UK.

We have made this Advice Note generic wherever possible and recommend that members make themselves familiar with specific legal requirements in the countries within which they work and take legal advice to inform their decisions when necessary.