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National Policy and Legal Frameworks to Curb the Wildlife Trade

National Policy and Legal Frameworks to Curb the Wildlife Trade. Dr.Kanjana Nitaya Wildlife Conservation Bureau, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Content. Trade: demand and supply Legislation implementing on CITES

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National Policy and Legal Frameworks to Curb the Wildlife Trade

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  1. National Policy and Legal Frameworks to Curb the Wildlife Trade

    Dr.KanjanaNitaya Wildlife Conservation Bureau, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
  2. Content Trade: demand and supply Legislation implementing on CITES Agencies involved in enforcing CITES legislation Policy Cooperation between countries or agencies Continuing Collaboration/Bilateral Activitieswith other countries
  3. Wildlife Checkpoint Aquatic Species Checkpoint Plant Quarantine Station Checkpoints & Enforcement Authorities 36 Wildlife Checkpoints 22 Aquatic Species Checkpoints 31 Plant Quarantine Checkpoints 66 Customs Checkpoints Total: 155 Checkpoints 5
  4. Legislation implementing CITES Wild Animal Reservation and Protection Act B.E. 2535 (1992) Plant Act B.E.2535 (1992) Customs Act B.E.2469 (1926)
  5. Policy The National Master Plan for Wildlife Conservation and Management 2005-2014 Protected Area Designation Listing protected species that including species in CITES Appendices Participation in ASEAN-WEN and other multilateral cooperation Establishment of Thailand WEN Administers trade permit system Border control checkpoints (155) run by four agencies Awareness raising campaigns Capacity building for agencies and community organisations Captive breeding programs Research on key, endangered and CITES species Building capacity for law enforcement officers Sniffer dog program for Suvarnabumi Airport Participation in PATROL through funding for Border Liaison Offices Establishment of Anti Corruption Strategy/NACC
  6. Cooperation between countries or agencies Thai WEN - Thai Wildlife Enforcement Network first established in August2006 (Thailand National Task Force for ASEAN-WEN) Recently the Thai-WEN has 22 agencies* in collaborating to stop illegal wildlife trade and overall 155 checkpoints in Thailand enforcing illegal wildlife trade across borders Key implementing agencies: 1. Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation2. Department of Agriculture 3. Department of Fisheries4. Royal Thai Customs 4. Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division
  7. MoUs established between MA and: Scientific Authority Customs Police Private sector bodies Government playing an active role in encouraging cooperation at national and international level in particular bilateral cooperation with neighboring country where wildlife crime has been occurred heavily, i.e. Lao PDR and Malaysia Supports relevant intergovernmental organization such as CITES and INTERPOL by hosting various meeting including CITES CoP, INTERPOL Wildlife Crime Working Group, etc., and actively participates in INTERPOL’s Executive committee Building acceptance and recognition of wildlife crime as a serious transnational organized crime among ASEAN Community by proposing the inclusion of wildlife crime as a priority crime area under ASEAN Framework on Transnational Crime (ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crimes) Meetings between agencies
  8. Continue…Enforcing, training and Awareness Campaigning….
  9. Continuing Collaboration/Bilateral Activitieswith other countries 16-17 July, 2007 ASEAN-WEN Pre-bilateral Meeting; Cross Border Cooperation Between Malaysia and Thailand, Chonburi, Thailand 27 – 29 August 2012 2nd Bilateral Meeting between Malaysia and Thailand in Phuket, Thailand 2013 2nd Bilateral meeting between Thai and Laos PDR (National level). Cross Border Cooperation meeting between Thai and Malaysian officers (Follow up at local level) 2014 (Working) 1st Bilateral meeting between Thai and Myanmar. 2015 3rd Bilateral meeting between Thai and Malaysia.
  10. Thank you
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