Wildlife Alliance is the new organization which carries forward the law enforcement and field protection programs initiated by WildAid. Program and projects relevant to CAWT include:
ASEAN-WEN (Association of South East Asian Nations-Wildlife Enforcement Network) support program, led by Wildlife Alliance with Traffic International. Trains, equips, and coordinates regional government anti- wildlife trafficking efforts in Southeast Asia, has recorded numerous success stories in stopping poaching and trafficking in the past year.
Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team, Cambodia: In coordination with Cambodian agencies, Wildlife Alliance has rescued more than 32,000 animals from the wildlife trade in five years-including mammals, reptiles, birds, turtles -and reduced number of restaurants serving wildlife by 90% in Phnom Penh.
Phoenix Fund, Russia: The Wildlife Alliance affiliate in Russian Far East conducts highly effective anti-poaching campaigns to protect Siberian Tigers and Amur Leopards, rebuilding tiger population from 150 to 350-450 over the past decade, and building mass public support to protect wildlife and threatened habitats.
Wildlife Alliance Organizational Strengths Contributing to CAWT Principles include:
Wildlife Law Enforcement Expertise: Training of park rangers, customs, police, and legal agencies to identify, interdict, prevent, and prosecute transnational wildlife crime.
Anti-Poaching and Anti-Wildlife Crime Capacity Building: Conduct trainings to governments and NGOs to track, prevent, interdict and prosecutethe illegal taking of terrestrial and marine wildlife in such biodiverse
locations as Southeast Asia, Costa Rica, Palau, etc.
Wildlife Policy reform: Work with governments in developing countries to implement and solidify wildlife protection laws and treaty obligations.
ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network
Ongoing | Wildlife Alliance <> Traffic International