Press Releases

Wildlife Conservationists Celebrate USAID’s Accomplishments in Reducing Demand for Wildlife Products in Southeast Asia

Feb 23, 2023 · News Item

From reducing consumer demand for illegal wildlife products to advancing regional coordination, the United States Agency for International Development ...

USAID, DNP, and WildAid Launch Media Campaign to End Demand for Ivory Products

Sep 22, 2022 · News Item

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and WildAid ...

USAID, DNP, and Buddhist Spiritual Leaders Spearhead Campaigns Countering Spiritual Beliefs Driving Wildlife Consumption in Thailand

Jul 07, 2022 · News Item

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) trained 16 ...

New Partners’ Group to Build Upon U.S., Thai Success to Counter Wildlife Trafficking

Sep 23, 2021 · News Item

Bangkok, September 23, 2021 – A wide range of partners—including donors, international and regional bodies, and government and conservation organizations—aim ...

USAID Engages 100 Buddhist Leaders to Counter Spiritual Beliefs that Drive Demand for Wildlife Products in Thailand

Jul 19, 2021 · News Item

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), in collaboration with Thailand’s ...

United States Boosts Thailand’s Ability to Fight Wildlife Crimes

Jun 18, 2021 · News Item

The U.S.-sponsored Asia-Pacific Judicial Symposium on Best Practices in Environmental Courts and Adjudication, held online from June 17 to 18, 2021, brought ...

ASEAN’s Top Law Enforcement Leaders Target Wildlife Crime as a Serious Transnational Crime

Jun 11, 2021 · News Item

USAID Wildlife Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian National Police (ASEANAPOL) Secretariat co-hosted on June 8, 2021 the virtual Counter Wildlife ...

New USAID Counter-Wildlife Trafficking Digest Reveals a Steep Decline in Reported Seizures

May 24, 2021 · News Item

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and conservation organization, Monitor, launched the fourth edition of the Counter Wildlife Trafficking ...

Thai Maritime Stakeholders Join Forces in Tackling the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Mar 16, 2021 · News Item

Seventy-six representatives from Thai seaports and related maritime supply chain stakeholders gathered in a two-day workshop to foster public-private ...

U.S.–Thai Campaign Reduces Consumer Demand for Illegal Wildlife Products by More than Half

Mar 04, 2021 · News Item

The United States and Royal Thai Governments celebrated World Wildlife Day on March 3 noting that a joint awareness campaign has helped reduce the demand for ...

USAID Partners with Buddhist Leaders to Counter Beliefs that Drive Demand for Wildlife Products in Thailand

Oct 26, 2020 · News Item

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) developed an action plan to counter ...

USAID Launches Video PSA against Rhino Horn Consumption in Vietnam

Sep 22, 2020 · News Item

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Wildlife Asia project continues its work to stop the consumption of rhino horn in Vietnam with the launch ...

New Counter-Wildlife Trafficking Digest by USAID and Traffic Reveals Illicit Trade Routes for Pangolins

Sep 03, 2020 · News Item

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, launched today the 3rd Annual Counter Wildlife ...

USAID and National Assembly of Vietnam Hold Second High-Level Dialogue to Strengthen Counter Wildlife Trafficking Efforts

Jul 03, 2020 · News Item

HANOI, Vietnam – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of the National Assembly of Vietnam convened top government leaders and ...

USAID and Da Nang Local Government Partner to Reduce Demand for Wildlife Products

May 15, 2020 · News Item

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Wildlife Asia project is partnering with the People’s Committee of Da Nang City to place public service ...

USAID and Thai Government Launch New Campaign on World Wildlife Day

Mar 03, 2020 · News Item

In observance of World Wildlife Day, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and ...

Influential Thais Ask Public to Shun Ivory and Tiger Amulets

Oct 07, 2019 · News Item

Bangkok, October 7, 2019 – As part of efforts to reduce the use of amulets made from endangered elephant and tigers, WildAid, the United States Agency for ...

Top Fashion Influencers Join USAID’s “Beautiful Without Ivory” Campaign

Sep 22, 2019 · News Item

BANGKOK, September 20, 2019 – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new lifestyle multi-media campaign today, “Beautiful Without Ivory”, ...

USAID Launches New Public Service Announcements to Tackle Rhino Horn Consumption

Dec 19, 2019 · News Item

HANOI, December 18, 2019 – Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Wildlife Asia released two Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in ...

USAID Presented Suite of Pangolin Species Identification Resources at World’s Largest Wildlife Conference

Sep 02, 2019 · News Item

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) presented a portfolio of pangolin species identification resources at the 18th Meeting of the Conference ...

Thai and Tanzanian Journalists Join Hands to Combat Wildlife Crime

Aug 27, 2019 · News Item

BANGKOK, August 26, 2019 – This week in Thailand, journalists from Tanzania joined forces with their Thai counterparts to explore wildlife conservation and ...

USAID works alongside Vietnam’s National Assembly on effective wildlife conservation through demand reduction

Jul 30, 2019 · News Item

HANOI, July 26, 2019 – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the USAID Wildlife Asia activity, in partnership with the Office of the ...

ASEAN Ministers Advance Commitments to Counter Illegal Wildlife Trade

Apr 05, 2019 · News Item

Chiang Mai, March 21, 2019 - Association for Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) ministers gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for the Special ASEAN Ministerial ...

Thailand’s Office of the Attorney General and USAID Launch Rapid Reference Guide to Help Prosecutors Fight Wildlife Crime

Mar 19, 2019 · News Item

BANGKOK, March 20, 2019 – Thailand’s Office of the Attorney General and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Rapid Reference ...

Businesses in Vietnam Pledge to Fight Illegal Wildlife Consumption at USAID Workshop

Nov 21, 2018 · News Item

QUY NHON, November 26, 2018 – Business leaders in Central Vietnam have pledged to actively combat illegal wildlife consumption, tapping new programs to shed ...

USAID Promotes Chi Initiative to Drive Down Demand for Rhino Horn

Aug 28, 2018 · News Item

HANOI, August 28, 2018 – Today, the USAID Wildlife Asia project launched the third phase of the Chi Initiative, a program to help decrease consumer demand for ...

Thailand Studies Animal Care to Improve Survival of Pangolins

Apr 20, 2018 · News Item

Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Wildlife ...

USAID Unveils Field Guide to Combat Pangolin Trafficking

Feb 16, 2018 · News Item

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is marking World Pangolin Day on February 17 by unveiling a new guide to help law enforcement ...

Protect Wildlife (Philippines)

Aug 13, 2017 · Link

Protect Wildlife is a multi-pronged program that works to conserve biodiversity, protect wildlife, and sustain ecosystem services in ways that also improve the ...

Two hundred participants discussed innovations in counter wildlife trafficking organized by USAID Wildlife Asia in Bangkok

Jul 18, 2017 · News Item

On 14-15 March, USAID Wildlife Asia activity hosted a unique conference on “Innovations in Counter Wildlife Trafficking” The event brought together 200 ...