APL on Strengthening Regional Cooperation For Wildlife Protection in Asia

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The objective of the Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection Project is to assist the participating governments to build or enhance shared capacity, institutions, knowledge and incentives to collaborate in tackling illegal wildlife trade and other selected regional conservation threats to habitats in border areas. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is capacity building for addressing the illegal trans-boundary wildlife trade. This component aims to bring about regional harmonization and collaboration in combating wildlife crime through strengthened legislative and regulatory frameworks, well-equipped specialized agencies and systems, as well as relevant training and awareness programs for staff across the range of agencies that contribute to the enforcement of wildlife laws and regulations. The second component of the project is promoting wildlife conservation in Asia. The third component of the project is coordination and communication. This component would provide services, Technical Assistance (TA) and incremental costs for project staff as well as operating costs for the management and coordination of the project.