Air Transport Sector Awareness Training - Lao PDR

Laos has long been recognized as a major player in the supply chain of illegal wildlife. It is connected by air routes to neighboring Thailand, whose main international airport has direct flights to trafficking hotspots across Africa and Asia. To expand good effort of USAID ROUTES Partnership, USAID Wildlife Asia will conduct a training for the air transport sector in Lao PDR to empower civilian staff working for airlines and in airports to detect and report wildlife trafficking. Training modules will focus on: trafficking on airlines, common routes and destinations, identifying culprits or suspicious behavior, reporting suspicious activity, and providing basic temporary animal care for live wildlife consignments.