Shared goal
SAWEN goal
Strengthening wildlife law enforcement to combat wildlife crime through communication, coordination, collaboration, capacity building and cooperation.
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Cooperation becomes enforcement.
SAWEN helps eight member countries align policy, exchange intelligence, strengthen institutions, and coordinate practical action against illegal wildlife trade.
08 member countries · One shared enforcement network
Regional mission
Wildlife crime moves through connected landscapes, markets, and borders. SAWEN gives member countries a practical framework for responding together.
Our work in practice
SAWEN connects policy, intelligence, people, and partnerships so national enforcement institutions can act together across South Asia.
SAWEN connects national focal points and enforcement institutions so member countries can coordinate responses to wildlife crime that crosses borders.
The network supports member countries in bringing wildlife laws, policies, and national action plans into closer alignment.
Trusted exchange of knowledge, intelligence, and operational learning helps agencies identify patterns, routes, and emerging threats.
Regional training strengthens the practical skills institutions need for detection, investigation, and coordinated inter-agency action.
Documenting poaching and illegal wildlife trade trends helps the region understand shared threats and focus its response.
SAWEN works with relevant regional and international partners to expand research, training, information sharing, and technical support.
Regional mandate
These objectives turn cooperation into practical work that institutions can carry forward nationally and across the region.
To take initiatives for bringing harmonization and standardization in laws and policies of member countries concerning conservation of wild fauna and flora;
To document the trend of poaching and illegal wildlife trade, and related threats to the natural biodiversity within and across countries in the region;
To strengthen institutional responses to combat wildlife crime by promoting partnership with relevant institutions for research and information sharing, training and capacity building, and technical support; and
To encourage member countries to prepare and implement their National Action Plans to combat wildlife crime and to collaborate towards effective implementation of such plans.
The regional network