As part of our efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade in the Golden Triangle, WWF Thailand launched a Provincial Wildlife Enforcement Network (P-WEN) model, uniting multiple agencies at the provincial level to strengthen enforcement against wildlife trafficking. This initiative brought together wildlife authorities, environmental police, customs agents, and border patrols to improve knowledge sharing, data coordination, and cross-border collaboration.
Recognising the urgent need in the Dawna-Tenasserim Landscape (DTL), a biodiversity hotspot at high risk for transboundary trafficking, WWF replicated this model in two key border provinces, Dan Singkhon and Phu Nam Ron. With support from WWF-Belgium and WWF-Japan, provincial task forces were established, and authorities were trained to better combat the illegal wildlife trade.
WWF stands ready to support the Thai government’s effort to prove the effectiveness of its implementation and law enforcement in curbing illegal ivory. However, if the latest control mechanism fails to prevent laundering of illegal ivory, moratorium of domestic ivory market will be advocated. WWF will keep fighting to wipe out illegal ivory trade and the demand for ivory for the future of wild elephants.
When people no longer purchase ivory, demand for the product will plummet, and poachers will lose their incentive to kill elephants for their ivory.
Reach out to your friends and family and explain to them why they should never buy ivory.
Behind a piece of ivory could be a dead elephant.
If you witness any wildlife crime that you would like to report, urgently, call the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation’s hotline 1362.
