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M.S.L.R.P. Marasinghe1,
P.F.U. Padmasiri2,
R.S.Gunasekara3
1.Deputy Director/Department of Wildlife Conservation, 2 Assistant director/Department of Wildlife Conservation,
3. Superintendent of Customs/ Sri Lanka Customs
Sri Lanka
“So small yet so diverse”
 Sri Lanka is considered to be the high biodiversity country
in Asia per unit area, and is part of a global biodiversity hot
spot.
 The ecosystem of Sri Lanka sustain important irrigation
and hydropower facilities, against floods, landslides, soil
erosion and siltation.
 She harbors abundant biodiversity resources that provide
numerous use values and as well as option, bequest and
existence values.
 Protected Area system comprises 143 units totaling 88 % of
Protected Forests of the country.
 About Half of the Native Species are
Endemic to Sri Lanka
 97% water crabs
 90 % of amphibians
 25-75 % of reptiles and invertebrates
 44 % of fresh water fishes
 26 % of flowering plants
 14.5% of mammals,
are endemic
Wildlife Law Enforcement
 Department of Wildlife Conservation
 Detections
 Investigations
 Prosecution
 Police Department Have the powers to enforce
 But focus more on
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Criminal
Civil
Motor traffic
Terrorism
Drugs
Sri Lankan Participants
 Department of Wildlife Conservation
 The Wildlife Enforcement Authority of Sri Lanka
 CITES Management Authority
 Sri Lanka Customs –Biodiversity, Cultural & National
Heritage Protection Unit
 Revenue Collection
 Law Enforcement
 Environmental & Social Protection
 Facilitation of Trade &Travel
Sri Lanka - Progress
 Implementation of Sri Lanka Wildlife Enforcement
Network (2010)
 National Consultation on “Sri Lanka Wildlife
Enforcement Network – Linking with South Asia” (17th
– 18th Jan 2011)
What we agreed in Katmandu
National Policy
(High-Level Political Will)
National Core Group
CITES
Customs
Police
Liaison
Information Exchange
Judiciary
The ability to liaise with:
◦ Other law enforcement agencies, nationally and internationally
◦ Links from national level to field level, and vice versa
◦ With international organizations, the media and civil society
Sri Lanka Wildlife Enforcement
Network (SLaWEN) - Foundation
How We did it
 Department of Wildlife Conservation took the
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leadership
Proposal on Sri Lanka Wildlife Enforcement Network
and submitted for DWC Management committee
approval
Created a Budgetary allocation for SLaWEN Activities
Invited representatives from Member Organizations
Initiated the SLaWEN and need assessment was done.
SLaWEN
DWC - SLaWEN management
SLaWEN Steering Committee
Wildlife Conservation Director General – Chairperson
Deputy Director (Law Enforcement Division) – Secretary
Director (Operation) – Deputy Chairperson
Director (Natural Resource) - Member
DD (NRM) - Member
DD (EC) – Member
DD (R&T) – Member
DD (Eco-tourism) – Member
Police Department – Member
Forest Department – Member
Sri Lanka Customs – Member
Central Environment Authority – Member
Cost Conservation Department – Member
SLaWEN Users/Contributors
National
Police Department
Sri Lanka Customs
Forest Department
Central Environment
Authority
NGOs and IGOS as Observers Determined by the
Management Committee
Cost Conservation
Department
Law Enforcement Division – Elephants,
Tusks/Tushes, SLaWEN Management
Department of
Archeological
Department of
Zoological Gardens
Natural
Resource
Management
Division – EIA
clearance
Research and
Training Division –
CITES, Imp.Exp.
Permits, Filming
Permits
Department of
Botanical Gardens
National Museum
GSMB
Elephant
Conservation
Wildlife Health
Division
Immigration &
Emigration
SLaWEN Users/Contributors - International
SAWEN
WCO
ASIANWEN
CITES
Interpol
Customs
Group 1 Capacity Building
 Capacity Building
 General Training for Staff
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Legal Framework
Law enforcement Scope & Authority
General subject matter
 Training of Trainers
 Identification of Specialized training
 Implementation Mechanism
 Steering Committee for implementation of the CB
programme
 Review the contents of the existing training
programmes
 CB programme to share knowledge
 Local / Foreign training on WL Forensic science
 Develop manuals / hand books/field guides
 Development of a long term CB programme
 Feedback Mechanism to monitor all the processes in law
enforcement to update the CB programme
 Processes needing CB
 Monitoring & Surveillance
 Identification & Detection
 Apprehension
 Investigation
 Prosecution
Group 2 Information Exchange
 Information Sharing
 Mechanisum
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Internal
 Develop and ICT solution with Information Communication
Agency (ICTA)
 Secure and password Protected
 Centrally located
 Managed by DWC
External
 Website for SLaWEN
 Summery of Information on regulations
Update once a month
DWC Should take the leadership
 Surveillance
 Possibility of having a rewarding systems
 Safe guard the informant
 Establish a surveillance system in organizations with the
help of Organizations have them already
Group 3 Awareness Raising
 Target Groups
 Policy makers
 Senior
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Administrators(Secretaries,
District
Secretaries, Heads of Depts
and Similar levels)
Foreigners arriving SL
Tourism industry
Aviation industry
Researchers
Export Community
 Enforcement Officers
 Local
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Community/Community
leaders
NGOs
Media
Students / Teachers
Sri Lankan missions abroad
 Methods / Tools
 Lectures
 Print material (books,
 Seminars
 Workshops
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 Exhibitions and
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Competitions
 Press Conferences
 Advertisements(Audio and
video) – Active and Passive
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leaflets, brochures, posters,
banners and etc.)
Newsletters
Websites and other internet
based methods
Short Courses (Educational
Institutions)
Curriculum development
(Secondary and tertiary
levels)
 Implementation Team
 Subject specialists from all relevant areas
 Media specialists
 Media unit of DWC – Overall coordination
Needs - in a Nutshell
 Short Term
 Personal Capacity Building
Programms
 Publicity and awareness raising
 Requirement Identification and
Specification for ICT based
intelligence/information network
 Well Structured Personal Capacity
Building Programmes
 Identification manuals
 All needs identified by the SLaWEN
Steering committee
 Long Term
 Development of National Wildlife
Research Center to be an inter
 Medium Term
agency wildlife enforcement and
 Institutional Capacity Building
forensic training institution
 ICT based intelligence/information
 Establishment of a Forensic
network
Laboratory at National Wildlife
 Curriculum Development for
Research and Training Center.
training programs
 Wildlife Forensic Capacity Building
 Structured Public Awareness
Programmes
National Consultation Workshop
Outcomes - National Consultation
 Agency An the Role
 DWC
 National Coordinator of SlaWAN,
 Maintenance of national database
 Enforcement of FFPO, CITES, and CMS
 FD
 Enforcement of FO and plant identification, control of timber trade
 Police dept
 Enforcement of the FFPO Illegal WL Trade, Assistance to Link with
Interpol
 Customs
 Monitoring and Enforcement of Import and Export and Data Base
 Agriculture Dept.
 Quarantine Process Importation of Plants
 Coast Guard
 Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the Coastal areas
 Coast Conservation Department
 Law Enforcement of Coastal Aras Illegal Collection of Marine Species
 Fisheries Dpt
 Monitoring and law Enforcement on Ornamental and Edible Marine
Spp
 Archaeological Dept
 Control on Export of Ivory, coral products, Turtle shells and timber
Products
 Navy
 Surveillance of the Sea for Marine species protection
 Immigration & Emigration
 Surveillance of International WL Offenders
Supporting Agencies
 Botanical / Zoological Gardens
 Identification of Spp. Training and repository of confiscated live
specimens
 NARA
 Identification of Aquatic and Marine Spp. , Training
 VRI
 Species Identification & forensic Activities Key Samples,
Identification keys, Procedures and Manuals
 Timber Corporation
 Control of timber Trade
 NGOs
 EFL, Green Movement, WNPS
 Centre for Env. Justice
 Role - Capacity Building at all levels; Public, Law Enforcement
Agencies, and Judicial
Road Map of SLaWEN
Priorities for SLaWEN
1) WHAT
a) Recognition of SLaWEN as a priority
a) Appointment of steering committee consisting of key agencies
a) Assigning a special unit with staff in DWC to act as Secretariat for
SLaWEN and incorporate it into the structure of DWC
a) Periodic meetings and updating through website
a) Initiation of central database
1) WHO
a) Steering committee convenor – DD Legal DWC
a) Appointment of Steering committee by following protocol
a) ToR, Steering committee members of SLaWEN should be gazetted,
due recognition is given
1) WHEN
a) Within 3 months put into cabinet and gazetted
1) HOW
a) Cabinet approval  gazetting
a) Separate budget line exists but it should be continued.
a) Steering Com. should pass resolution for fundraising mechanism and
obtaining funds from other stakeholder agencies
Priorities
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Formation of SLaWEN Cell at DWC
Structural changes in departments to facilitate SLAWEN
Identification of Relevant Staff, Infrastructure - 2- 3 months
Formation of SLaWEN Policy
Guidelines, Protocols, Reporting formats for all agencies
Identification of focal points of core agencies / DWC leading role, -6
months
Training for core Agencies, Lead DWC, Supporting NGOs and INGOs
Capacity building in key agencies (identification, investigations
methods and prosecutions etc.)
Horizontal rapport between key personnel in different agencies
establish and maintain an efficient intelligence gathering and sharing
mechanism
Awareness and education
We Initiated SLaWEN!