Enabling and promoting communities to tackle IWT in Southern Myanmar
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £380,725
WHERE Thailand, Burma (Myanmar)
Summary
Southern Tanintharyi, on the Myanmar-Thailand border, is one of Myanmar’s last strongholds for globally threatened species including tiger, Asian elephant and Sunda pangolin. All are threatened by poaching and illegal trade, primarily across the border into Thailand. In response, FFI will support six local communities at key trade routes to become active in addressing these threats, in exchange for support with development of sustainable livelihoods and improved resource management. This will be complemented with improved law enforcement.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
