Guest guest Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and South-East Asia a great success! During the " 2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and South-East Asia " held from 2-4 November 2009 at Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Pingtung, Taiwan a large group of wildlife rescue centers from various Asian countries have formed a network to work more closely together, exchange information and experience, work on capacity building and set standards for the rescuing and care for rescued wild animals. The network will be known from now on as " Wild Animal Rescue Network " or " WARN " The network was set up jointly by organisations working hands-on with wildlife rescuing from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea. A website with more information and a closed discussion group for members only will be set up soon to start with the work, the network has formed working groups to start coordinating several tasks to establish a network that will be a valuable tool for all members. The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, one of the founding members wishes to thank all others and in particular Dr. Kurtis Pei of " Pingtung Rescue Center for Endangered Wild Animals " for a great conference with fantastic presentations and the establishment of WARN. Edwin Wiek and Founder Wildlife Friends Foundation (Thailand) www.wfft.org <http://www.wfft.org/> edwin.wiek tel (+66) 8-90600906 Wildlife Rescue Center - Kao Look Chang Mobile Wildlife Clinic - South-east Asia Pileated Gibbon Rehabilitation - Chanthaburi Thai C.R.R.U. (Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit) Sulawesi Wildlife Rescue Center - Tasikoki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 >2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and South-East Asia a great success!09< >The network was set up jointly by organisations working hands-on with wildlife rescuing from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea.< I wonder how this coalition can become a 'GREAT SUCCESS' for the whole of ASIA's wildlife in crisis. You have kept out India, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh- now this is instead going to be a 'Greater Success' for the criminals involved in wildlife. India has recently got the WCCB (Wildlife Crime Control Bureau) formed which is on the lines of the FBI. And I am sure like every nation's investigating agency, they must be hungry for networking and information sharing to combat this menace. Like wise even organisations based in most of these nations are working hard on wildlife crime investigations that link the routes or the chain of wildlife crimes from the Indian subcontinent to as far as China. WARN should extend its hands to the above nations, organisations and individuals which have been left out and build up a more secured fence to safeguard the ASIAN wildlife as a whole. I also feel that the ASEAN WEN meets should include these nations if they are truly committed to protection of 'Asia's Wildlife'. Azam On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Edwin Wiek <edwin.wiek wrote: > > > 2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and South-East > Asia a great success!09 > > > During the " 2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and > South-East Asia " held from 2-4 November 2009 at Pingtung University of > Science and Technology in Pingtung, Taiwan a large group of wildlife rescue > centers from various Asian countries have formed a network to work more > closely together, exchange information and experience, work on capacity > building and set standards for the rescuing and care for rescued wild > animals. > > The network will be known from now on as " Wild Animal Rescue Network " or > " WARN " > > T network was set up jointly by organisations working hands-on with > wildlife rescuing from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, > Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea. he > > A website with more information and a closed discussion group for members > only will be set up soon to start with the work, the network has formed > working groups to start coordinating several tasks to establish a network > that will be a valuable tool for all members. > > The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, one of the founding members > wishes > to thank all others and in particular Dr. Kurtis Pei of " Pingtung Rescue > Center for Endangered Wild Animals " for a great conference with fantastic > presentations and the establishment of WARN. > > Edwin Wiek > Director and Founder > Wildlife Friends Foundation (Thailand) > > www.wfft.org <http://www.wfft.org/> > edwin.wiek <edwin.wiek%40wfft.org> > tel (+66) 8-90600906 > Wildlife Rescue Center - Kao Look Chang > Mobile Wildlife Clinic - South-east Asia > Pileated Gibbon Rehabilitation - Chanthaburi > Thai C.R.R.U. (Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit) > Sulawesi Wildlife Rescue Center - Tasikoki > > -- http://www.stopelephantpolo.com http://www.freewebs.com/azamsiddiqui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Hi Azam, I don’t see we mentioned that this was going to be a great success for the whole of Asia. It says very clearly that the “2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and South-East Asia†was a great success. The conference was a great success because with over 20 participants from 16 Nations we were all able to exchange lots of experience, knowledge and advice during these days and were besides that also able to set up the Wild Animal Rescue Network or “WARNâ€. Myanmar is by the way not excluded from this network, but there were no representatives at the meeting. Wildlife rescue centers from countries such as Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Brunei and Japan were not present either but are also welcome to join soon. Please be advised that WARN’s objectives are different from the ASEAN-WEN which is basically a network by the ASEAN authorities only with no access for NGO’s (although this has been promised by ASEAN-WEN for many years). I can in this case only speak for myself and not on behalf of WARN, but the WARN is set up for East and South-East Asia to make sure we do not get too big and bureaucratic. With currently 16 full members that are all organizations running wildlife rescue centers and/or sanctuaries the alliance might grow to over 100 organizations as full member or support members within the second year. We have discussed of course the issue of how much terrain we want or can cover. The question was if it should include up to India, or to Pakistan, or even up to Iran or Israel, or up to Mongolia and even Russia, you have to set the boundaries somewhere… It might be a good idea to set up a similar network for the South Asian countries? I am sure that once this is established we can have a great cooperation between the different networks which would benefit even more animal welfare and wildlife conservation. Eventually this could grow bigger and who knows it might one day cover all of Asia! Edwin Wiek Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand 108 moo 6, Tambon Thamairuak Amphoe Thayang 76130 Petchaburi THAILAND Tel/Fax: +66-32-458363 Mobile: +66-8-90600906 http://www.wfft.org SKYPE: wildlife_rescue FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/WildlifeFriendsFoundation --- On Fri, 6/11/09, azam24x7 <azam24x7 wrote: azam24x7 <azam24x7 Re: Asian Wildlife Rescue Centers join hands edwin.wiek Cc: aapn Friday, 6 November, 2009, 13:09  >2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and South-East Asia a great success!09< >The network was set up jointly by organisations working hands-on with wildlife rescuing from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea.< I wonder how this coalition can become a 'GREAT SUCCESS' for the whole of ASIA's wildlife in crisis. You have kept out India, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh- now this is instead going to be a 'Greater Success' for the criminals involved in wildlife. India has recently got the WCCB (Wildlife Crime Control Bureau) formed which is on the lines of the FBI. And I am sure like every nation's investigating agency, they must be hungry for networking and information sharing to combat this menace. Like wise even organisations based in most of these nations are working hard on wildlife crime investigations that link the routes or the chain of wildlife crimes from the Indian subcontinent to as far as China. WARN should extend its hands to the above nations, organisations and individuals which have been left out and build up a more secured fence to safeguard the ASIAN wildlife as a whole. I also feel that the ASEAN WEN meets should include these nations if they are truly committed to protection of 'Asia's Wildlife'. Azam On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Edwin Wiek <edwin.wiek (AT) wfft (DOT) org> wrote: > > > 2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and South-East > Asia a great success!09 > > > During the " 2009 International Conference on Wildlife Rescuing in East and > South-East Asia " held from 2-4 November 2009 at Pingtung University of > Science and Technology in Pingtung, Taiwan a large group of wildlife rescue > centers from various Asian countries have formed a network to work more > closely together, exchange information and experience, work on capacity > building and set standards for the rescuing and care for rescued wild > animals. > > The network will be known from now on as " Wild Animal Rescue Network " or > " WARN " > > T network was set up jointly by organisations working hands-on with > wildlife rescuing from Taiwan, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, > Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea. he > > A website with more information and a closed discussion group for members > only will be set up soon to start with the work, the network has formed > working groups to start coordinating several tasks to establish a network > that will be a valuable tool for all members. > > The Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, one of the founding members > wishes > to thank all others and in particular Dr. Kurtis Pei of " Pingtung Rescue > Center for Endangered Wild Animals " for a great conference with fantastic > presentations and the establishment of WARN. > > Edwin Wiek > Director and Founder > Wildlife Friends Foundation (Thailand) > > www.wfft.org <http://www.wfft. org/> > edwin.wiek (AT) wfft (DOT) org <edwin.wiek% 40wfft.org> > tel (+66) 8-90600906 > Wildlife Rescue Center - Kao Look Chang > Mobile Wildlife Clinic - South-east Asia > Pileated Gibbon Rehabilitation - Chanthaburi > Thai C.R.R.U. (Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit) > Sulawesi Wildlife Rescue Center - Tasikoki > > -- http://www.stopelep hantpolo. com http://www.freewebs .com/azamsiddiqu i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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