ABOUT THE TRAINING TOOLKIT (TT)

This Training Toolkit (TT) has been developed to enable self-guided implementation of the training course beyond the project duration. The TT will provide these countries with the guidance and tools necessary to arrange and conduct their own courses on wildlife trade.

This TT provides the resources necessary to allow law enforcement agencies to conduct training through the Training of Trainers (ToT) Course and Fighting Wildlife Trafficking in the Golden Triangle Provincial Trainings with the assistance of resources provided. The TT has been specifically designed to provide law enforcement officers with the necessary tools and materials to conduct their own courses in collaboration with other local experts. Agencies are encouraged to use, combine or abridge the individual courses and modules within the TT to best meet their needs. With the TT in mind, agencies can consider cooperation and coordination among a broad range of relevant government and non-government stakeholders to successfully address illegal wildlife trade.

The course material and information contained within is based on that delivered during the Training of Trainers Course given at the Imperial Golden Triangle Resort, Chiang Rai, Thailand from 26th to 30th August 2019. The workshop brought together 23 attendees from enforcement agencies in Lao PDR, Myanmar and Thailand. The following section is based on materials revised and used in more recent refresher training courses conducted in 2022. And the final section contains resources developed.

The TT is organized into three sections:

A. Training of Trainers (ToT),

B. Fighting Wildlife Trafficking in the Golden Triangle Provincial Trainings, and

C. Resources.

A) TRAINING OF TRAINERS:

This section includes information on the planning and logistics necessary to run an efficient training course or workshop. This includes the identification of suitable participants, presentation skills and information on the different ways in which people learn and how trainers can ensure that their training addresses each of these.

On completion of the module qualifying learners will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to conduct or assist with the following aspects of instruction:

• Critique of a lesson

• Communication

• Preparing a talk

• Using psychology in teaching

• Instructional objectives

• The use of questions by the instructor

• Visual aids

• Discussions by trainees

• Learning/teaching methods

• Giving a lesson

• Planning a lesson, preparation for a lesson

• The “ Horizontal Plan”

• Instructional Demonstrations, role play, instructional visits

• Examination questions

• Analysis of examination questions

B) FIGHTING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE PROVINCIAL TRAININGS:

Illegal wildlife dealers often utilize well established and highly organized cross-border networks to transport illegal wildlife. A considerable proportion of such illegal trade is shipped as airfreight, cargo or carried in personal baggage and/or ground transportation with much crossing international borders undetected. This course is designed to increase enforcement officers’ understanding of wildlife trafficking-related laws and regulations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Fauna and Flora (CITES) and train them on the importance of fighting wildlife crime and the ways in which wildlife trade should be regulated.

For officers that are new to Counter Wildlife Crime (CWC), or as a refresher, the subjects have been chosen to provide a basic grounding in the practical skills required that can be built upon with additional materials & experience.

C) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

CITES training videos consists of three parts on wildlife trade regulation with a focus on CITES enforcement to enable local enforcement agencies to provide training at a minimal cost of time and resources to a wider number of relevant officers.

For those who work in the field, with temporary limited access to investigative tools, there are a series of Patrol Aide-Memoires (PAMs) that help to refresh the memory on the subjects taught as well as provide an instant ready-reference when conducting searches or initiating crime scene investigations. PAMs are prepared for Accident management (First Aid), Navigation (map reading) Search (procedures & techniques), Legal powers (Stop, Search, Detain, Seizing evidence) and Wildlife crime scene management.