objectives: to establish at the national level an ASEAN-WEN committee responsible for coordinating each member country’s activities in relation to wildlife law enforcement and combating of illicit harvesting of and trade in wild fauna and flora; to conduct awareness raising programmes to raise the awareness of wildlife crime and illicit trade in wild fauna and flora; to produce training materials on combating wildlife crime and illicit trade in wild fauna and flora, and organize training activities for wildlife and other law enforcement officers or participate in relevant training seminars for enforcement personnel; and to improve collaboration, cooperation, and information exchange between and among law enforcement agencies and national task forces. ASEAN-WEN Programme Coordination Unit The Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) was also developed and established in the 1st ASEAN-WEN Meeting to support the work of ASEAN-WEN and the required key actions to implement the objectives of ASEAN-WEN. The PCU’s functions are to coordinate and facilitate technical support to ASEAN-WEN member countries and their respective national task forces in support of anti-wildlife trafficking activities; provide support for the convening of ASEAN-WEN meetings, seminars, workshops, exchanges, and training programmes; create and manage an ASEAN-WEN website; facilitate regional sharing and exchange of best practices and lessons learned among ASEAN-WEN member countries; and coordinate with ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Member States, international organizations and donor agencies to facilitate technical and financial support for the development of ASEAN-WEN. Thailand, through its Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP), accepted hosting the ASEAN-WEN PCU. Through the Royal Thai Cabinet Resolution 0506/8247 in May 2007, the PCU as ASEAN-WEN’s permanent secretariat located in Bangkok was formally accepted with DNP providing office location and in-kind support for the PCU’s operations. Each ASEAN-WEN Member State has appointed a National Focal Point from CITES Management Authorities or Wildlife/Forestry Agencies, and focal points from relevant enforcement agencies, such 70 THE ASIA REGIONAL FORUM ON BIODIVERSITY as the police, customs, Attorney General’s office, fisheries and plant quarantine agencies, trade/ general administrative agencies, immigration and checkpoints authorities, and relevant federal government agencies, to support efficient coordination of regional and national activities in relation to wildlife law enforcement and the combating of illicit harvesting of and trade in wild fauna and flora among and between relevant national wildlife law enforcement agencies. Partners ASEAN-WEN is also supported by supporting organizations under Rule 15 of its Rules of Procedure to provide the technical and/or financial assistance to ASEAN-WEN as identified by ASEAN Member States. Partners include the CITES Secretariat, Interpol, World Customs Organisation (WCO) and the ASEAN-WEN Support Programme comprising of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia and FREELAND Foundation, and other partner organizations that may provide support and agreed to by ASEAN-WEN. From 2005-2010, via a cooperative agreement with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), ASEAN-WEN Support Program (FREELAND Foundation and TRAFFIC) provided technical and policy support to the development of ASEAN-WEN and its national task forces through capacity building, communications, partnership, and networking initiatives. Key Achievements Key achievements include increased efforts at wildlife law enforcement among and between wildlife law enforcement agencies in the 10 ASEAN Member States, yielding large numbers of seizures of live animals, dead animals, animal parts, derivatives and products, and related arrests and convictions across the region; increased capacities of wildlife law enforcement officers and institutions on wildlife trade regulation, species identification, protected areas enforcement, investigation, and wildlife forensics, as well increased awareness among the judiciary; development of training management packages on protected areas enforcement, nature crime investigation, judiciary awareness, and wildlife trade regulation; development of species
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