National Policy and Legal Frameworks
to Curb the Wildlife Trade
Dr.Kanjana Nitaya
Wildlife Conservation Bureau,
Department of National Parks, Wildlife
and Plant Conservation
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Trade: demand and supply
Legislation implementing on CITES
Agencies involved in enforcing CITES legislation
Policy
Cooperation between countries or agencies
Continuing Collaboration/Bilateral Activities
with other countries
Checkpoints &
Enforcement Authorities
• 36 Wildlife Checkpoints
• 22 Aquatic Species
Checkpoints
• 31 Plant Quarantine
Checkpoints
• 66 Customs Checkpoints
Total: 155 Checkpoints
Wildlife Checkpoint
Aquatic Species Checkpoint
Plant Quarantine Station
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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)
Policy
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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
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 Conservation
2. Department of Agriculture
3. Department of Fisheries
4. Royal Thai Customs
4. Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division
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MoUs established between MA and:
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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
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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)
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Meetings between agencies
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Enforcing, training and
Awareness Campaigning….
Continuing Collaboration/Bilateral Activities
with other countries
16-17 July, 2007
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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.
Thank you