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In the Wake of COVID-19, USAID Supports Regional Action to Strengthen ASEAN Countries’ CWT Efforts

The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, which scientists believe may have been transmitted to humans through exposure to illegal wildlife, has called attention to ...

USAID Partners with Vietnam Central Buddhist Association to Promote a Wildlife Products-free Lifestyle

In 2019, USAID Wildlife Asia teamed up with the Vietnam Central Buddhist Association (VCBA), the largest Buddhist organization in Vietnam. Through the ...

Popular Actor-Director Campaigns Against Use of Tiger Skins and Fangs as Amulets in Thailand

Tiger populations are in critical decline inhabiting less than six percent of their historical range. They are threatened by both habitat loss and ...

USAID Wildlife Asia as a case study in adaptive rigour: monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptive management

The Global Learning for Adaptive Management (GLAM) initiative looks at how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Wildlife Asia ...

Thailand’s Office of the Attorney General, USAID and WWF launch updated Rapid Reference Guide to help prosecutors build strong cases against wildlife criminals

Thailand’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ...

Demand for Popular USAID Pangolin Species ID Guide Grows, Bolstering Counter Wildlife Trafficking Efforts

In February 2018, USAID Wildlife Asia launched a suite of pangolin species identification materials to help frontline law enforcement agencies identify traded ...

USAID Mobilizes Vietnamese Business Community to Promote a Wildlife Consumption- Free Lifestyle

To date, nearly six million businesspeople and members of the public in Vietnam, have been exposed to behavior change messaging through a range of conduits.

USAID Trains Thai Border Officials to Dismantle Wildlife Criminal Networks

On March 16, 2021, twenty-eight law enforcement officials working on Thailand’s land border with Cambodia attended USAID Wildlife Asia’s Counter Transnational ...

USAID and INTERPOL bridge law enforcement responses between Asia and Africa

On September 16, 2019, USAID Wildlife Asia and INTERPOL joined forces to bring top law enforcement officers together from source countries in Africa and ...

USAID Wildlife Asia and VATA commit to tackling illegal wildlife transport and consumption

The illegal wildlife trade is the fourth-largest illegal global trade after narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking. Criminals are finding covert ways ...