RECENT ESABII TRAININGS
2020

Date: 25-28 February, 2020
Venue: Manila, Philippines
Main Topic: Reptiles

2019

Date: 24-27 February, 2019
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main Topic: Orchid

Need More for CITES?
If you are in charge of CITES policies, management or enforcement,
consider to join ESABII training. You will have a Great chance to;2018

Date: 6-8 February, 2018
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main Topic: Orchid

2017

Date: 31 January, 3 February, 2017
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main Topic: CITES management

Learn more about CITES
Get to know with CITES Specialist
Make network with ASEAN + Mongolia

Voices from the past Participants・Very useful training course, please keep building capacity for CITES implementation.
・Due to training, our customs oﬃcers became more active in the inspection of CITES species
and veriﬁcation on CITES certiﬁcate in their daily work. Before the training, they had a lot ofquestions above these, now the questions became less.
・It gave me the fundamental skills on CITES and I can exchange information between
myself and other agencies which are related to illegal wildlife traﬃcking.

ESA B I I

For more detail, please refer to the ESABII link

http://www.esabii.biodic.go.jp/index.html

Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna and FloraESABII Training of Trainers (ToT) on

ANNUAL Training Program

CITES Policies and Identiﬁcationof Threatened Species
biodiversity conservation and the implementation of the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) Strategic Plan in the area.

ESABII oﬀers training course for government oﬃcials from ASEAN and Mongolia. As oneof the activities of ESABII held annually, we put focus on:- increase awareness of illegal wildlife trade and the importance of proper control,
based on CITES regulations- provide skills and knowledge for identiﬁcation of wildlife species.

- build capacity to be the trainers for colleagues in respective country on thewildlife trade, CITES and domestic laws and policies- build eﬀective network and make life-long friends across ASEAN and Mongolia

1DAYon biodiversity in East and Southeast Asia in order to contribute to the promotion of- This is an examples of a typical program (held in Philippine, 2020)2

DAY

pursue capacity building in taxonomy and the development of an information system- Venue varies within ASEAN region, depending upon the topic

3

DAYEast and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative (ESABII) was launched to- ESABII Training usually oﬀers a 4-day programDAY

4Lectures related to the general knowledges andthe current situation of illegal trade on CITES
around the world will be introduced.

Site visit (ﬁeld trip) at the local place related totraining, such as local zoo or garden. In theafternoon, a short group discussion will beprepared.

Besides the general knowledge of CITES, somespeciﬁc knowledge on taxonomy will be provided. Afternoon will be allocated for group
discussion.

The last day mainly focuses on the group

discussion and presentation from each group,
supported by all lecturers. This will be an

excellent opportunity for exchanging andsharing ideas and information.

Worried about expenses?

Lectures of 2020

Fully Funded by Ministry of the Environment, Japan!
For those who participate in the training:-all accommodation and travel expenses-general information guidebook will be sent before departure-daily allowance included

Dr. Rod Hay

Former Head of New Zealand
CITES Scientiﬁc andManagement Authorities

Dr. Amir Hamidy
Indonesian Instituteof Science (LIPI)(Specialist of reptiles)

Dr. Esteven Toledo

Biodiversity Management
Bureau (BMB), Phillipine(Specialist of Illegal Wildlife Trade)

ESABII Training of Trainers (ToT) on

ANNUAL Training Program

CITES Policies and Identiﬁcationof Threatened Species
biodiversity conservation and the implementation of the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) Strategic Plan in the area.

ESABII oﬀers training course for government oﬃcials from ASEAN and Mongolia. As oneof the activities of ESABII held annually, we put focus on:- increase awareness of illegal wildlife trade and the importance of proper control,
based on CITES regulations- provide skills and knowledge for identiﬁcation of wildlife species.

- build capacity to be the trainers for colleagues in respective country on thewildlife trade, CITES and domestic laws and policies- build eﬀective network and make life-long friends across ASEAN and Mongolia

1DAYon biodiversity in East and Southeast Asia in order to contribute to the promotion of- This is an examples of a typical program (held in Philippine, 2020)

2DAYpursue capacity building in taxonomy and the development of an information system- Venue varies within ASEAN region, depending upon the topic

3DAY

East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative (ESABII) was launched to- ESABII Training usually oﬀers a 4-day programDAY

4Lectures related to the general knowledges andthe current situation of illegal trade on CITES
around the world will be introduced.

Site visit (ﬁeld trip) at the local place related totraining, such as local zoo or garden. In theafternoon, a short group discussion will beprepared.

Besides the general knowledge of CITES, somespeciﬁc knowledge on taxonomy will be provided. Afternoon will be allocated for group
discussion.

The last day mainly focuses on the group

discussion and presentation from each group,
supported by all lecturers. This will be an

excellent opportunity for exchanging andsharing ideas and information.

Worried about expenses?

Lectures of 2020

Fully Funded by Ministry of the Environment, Japan!
For those who participate in the training:-all accommodation and travel expenses-general information guidebook will be sent before departure-daily allowance included

Dr. Rod Hay

Former Head of New Zealand
CITES Scientiﬁc andManagement Authorities

Dr. Amir Hamidy
Indonesian Instituteof Science (LIPI)(Specialist of reptiles)

Dr. Esteven Toledo

Biodiversity Management
Bureau (BMB), Phillipine(Specialist of Illegal Wildlife Trade)RECENT ESABII TRAININGS
2020

Date: 25-28 February, 2020
Venue: Manila, Philippines
Main Topic: Reptiles

2019

Date: 24-27 February, 2019
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main Topic: Orchid

Need More for CITES?
If you are in charge of CITES policies, management or enforcement,
consider to join ESABII training. You will have a Great chance to;2018

Date: 6-8 February, 2018
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main Topic: Orchid

2017

Date: 31 January, 3 February, 2017
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main Topic: CITES management

Learn more about CITES
Get to know with CITES Specialist
Make network with ASEAN + Mongolia

Voices from the past Participants・Very useful training course, please keep building capacity for CITES implementation.
・Due to training, our customs oﬃcers became more active in the inspection of CITES species
and veriﬁcation on CITES certiﬁcate in their daily work. Before the training, they had a lot ofquestions above these, now the questions became less.
・It gave me the fundamental skills on CITES and I can exchange information between
myself and other agencies which are related to illegal wildlife traﬃcking.

ESA B I I

For more detail, please refer to the ESABII link

http://www.esabii.biodic.go.jp/index.html

Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora