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Official news about SAWEN programmes, regional coordination, and member country cooperation.
South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB, Central Level), Government of Nepal organized a training on wildlife law enforcement to officials from National Investigation Department (NID), Nepal on 24-26 February 2021 in Kathmandu, Nepal. An…
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The Sixth Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) was organized by SAWEN in collaboration with the Government of Sri Lanka on 4-5 March 2020 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Sixth EC Meeting is continuation of previous EC Meeting conducting regularly since October 2016. The First…
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SAWEN organized a side event on 'Combating Wildlife Crime in South Asia' in order to share regional wildlife crime issues and means of interventions in the member countries, SAWEN role to curb wildlife crime in the region and discuss further to enhance regional cooperation on 22 August 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) entered into memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 26 July 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Mr. Man Bahadur Khadka, chief enforcement coordinator of SAWEN and Dr. Rajesh Gopal, secretary general of GTF signed the MoU amidst a gathering during an…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with Nepal Office of Attorney General, the Government of Nepal and United Nations Office on Drugs Control (UNODC) with support from U. S. Department of State, and Global Wildlife Program, the World Bank organized a 'Second Regional Workshop on the…
Read updateSouth Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) organized 'Training on Wildlife Law Enforcement to Officials from NID, Nepal' on 19-21 June 2019 in Godavari, Lalitpur. The training aimed to create awareness on wildlife crime prospects covering ranges of issues associated with this subject matter to National…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the Government of Nepal and WWF Nepal organized "Training on Wildlife Crime Detection to Armed Police Force of Nepal" on 15-17 May 2019 in APF Headquarter, Kathmandu, Nepal. The major objective of the training was to capacitate the APF Officials in…
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The SAWEN Secretariat in collaboration with the Government of Maldives organized the Fifth Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of SAWEN on 26 March 2019 in Malé, Maldives. The major objective of the regular meeting was to discuss on national and regional prospects in illegal wildlife trade and combating measures applied…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the Government of Nepal, WWF Nepal and International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) successfully organized "Training on Wildlife Crime Detection to Customs Officials of Nepal" on 20-22 February 2019 in Godavari, Lalitpur, Nepal. The major…
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