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Official news about SAWEN programmes, regional coordination, and member country cooperation.
The South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) successfully organized the Regional Zero Poaching Workshop and its 11th Executive Committee Meeting in Paro, Bhutan, in June 2024. These two events have helped in strengthening regional cooperation against wildlife crime and bolstering the enforcement capacity of…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in cooperation with the Government of Nepal and in collaboration with WWF Nepal, WWF Bhutan, TRAFFIC India and with financial support from INL USA organized three days’ workshop from 27 to 29 December 2023 in Dhulikhel, Nepal. UNEP and UNODC were also the part of the…
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Two regional Training of Trainers (ToT) were organized by South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in cooperation with the Government of India and in collaboration with TRAFFIC India, WWF Bhutan, WWF Nepal and financial support from Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, USA. The first…
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For the fourth time, South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) organized training on wildlife law enforcement to the officials of National Investigation Department (NID) Nepal from 24 to 27 September 2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The major objective of the training was to make acquaintance on the ranges of aspects…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) organized a virtual orientation programme in collaboration with wildlife crime control bureau (WCCB) centre level under ZSL/SAWEN/HN programme. The program aimed to make acquaint and update on wildlife crime database-management information system (WCD-MIS) among the…
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The SAWEN secretariat organized a webinar entitled on 'Transnational Cooperation in Wildlife Crime Control' on 28 March 2023. The webinar aimed to discuss transnational cooperation systems and mechanisms to control wildlife crime. The programme created a platform to share and exchange of practices in transnational…
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SAWEN shared preliminary study findings on information sharing mechanisms in different tiers of institutions in Nepal during a programme organized by SAWEN in collboration with wildlife crime control bureau (WCCB) Centre from 04 to 05 March 2023 at Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. The main objective of the sharing was to…
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SAWEN organized a side event on 04 February 2023 at Kasara, Chitwan, Nepal coinciding with 'Third Asian Rhino Range Countries Meeting (Third ARRCM)'. The program aimed to facilitate trans-boundary cooperation and collaboration through SAWEN in minimizing trans-border wildlife crime among the member countries…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in coordination with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)-Centre level and with support of partner organizations organized a training from 20 to 22 December 2022 at Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. The three days training program entitled 'Identification of wildlife parts and…
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