EU-funded project tackles wildlife trafficking
The European Union has provided 8 million euros to support a new project in seven countries including Laos, in a move to strengthen their governments’ actions to combat wildlife trafficking and forest crime.
In Laos, the national launch event of EU action, titled Partners against Wildlife Crime, took place on Saturday at the Wildlife Rescue Centre in Ban Keun, Vientiane province.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in partnership with the Lao Conservation Trust for Wildlife (LCTW) launched the project at an event which was attended by representatives of the government, EU, German Embassy, UNDP and the diplomatic community in Laos.
Attache at the Delegation of the EU to Laos, Mr Ignacio Oliver-Cruz, told Vientiane Times on Saturday that the EU-funded action is targeting seven countries in the Mekong region including China, with a total budget of 8 million euros.
Somsack Pongkhao
