South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network

South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network

South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network

South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network

Wildlife crime has emerged as one of the greatest threats to the survival of many wildlife species in South Asia as well as across the globe. This organized crime involving multi-billion dollars is highly trans-national and remains flourishing as a result of weak legal framework and/or lax enforcement in the source, transit and destination countries. Curbing the wildlife crime demands…
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About Us

Mission
Mission

To strengthen, promote and co-ordinate regional co-operation for curbing illegal wildlife trade that threatens the wild flora and fauna of…
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Goals
Goals

Strengthening wildlife law enforcement to combat wildlife crime through communication, coordination, collaboration, capacity building and cooperation.
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Objectives

To take initiatives for bringing harmonization and standardization in laws and policies of member countries concerning conservation of wild fauna…
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SAWEN Operation Modality

The operational modality of SAWEN consists of a General Assembly as an apex body of SAWEN comprising minister of the…
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Wildlife Crime News

18 Jan
Five arrested for killing elephant calf

Colombo, Sri Lanka: A group of five individuals who had shot dead a wild elephant…

06 Mar
MPSTSF gets nod for brain mapping and polygraph test on intl poacher

Bhopal, India: The Special Tiger Strike Force (STSF) of Madhya Pradesh has got approval for…

23 Mar
Rescuer-YouTuber in Odisha kept snakes illegally, held

Bhubaneswar, India:In a major crackdown on illegal possession of scheduled wildlife species and their unlawful…

02 Apr
2 endangered bear cubs rescued in Bandarban, smuggler held

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Police in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban have recovered two bear cubs. During the operation, the…

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