Prevent illegal and unregulated trade of saiga antelope horn by institutionalizing a transparent and robust saiga horn stockpile management system in a key consumer country malaysia specific…

This $426,026 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service will fund Traffic International to develop and implement a transparent and robust saiga antelope horn stockpile management system in Malaysia from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key deliverables include establishing an electronic database and standard operating procedures for government and trader-held saiga horn stockpiles in four Malaysian states. The awardee will also assess stockpile quantities, review best practices with Chinese authorities, and train Malaysian wildlife officials on effective stockpile oversight. This award advances the goals of the Service's $15.679 million Combating Wildlife Trafficking grant program by supporting innovative counter-trafficking efforts for terrestrial species like the endangered saiga antelope.

Prevent illegal and unregulated trade of saiga antelope horn by institutionalizing a transparent and robust saiga horn stockpile management system in a key consumer country malaysia specific activities of this three year grant include 1 development of a joint project implementation plan with the department of wildlife and national parks of peninsular malaysia dwnp , 2 review of peninsular malaysia s current saiga horn stockpile management processes and resources, 3 workshop to establish the process for a scoping exercise to assess trader held saiga horn stockpiles, 4 assessment of the distribution and quantities of existing saiga horn stockpiles held by traditional chinese medicine TCM traders in four peninsular malaysia states as well as government held stockpiles, 5 review of stockpile management best practices in china, a key saiga horn consumer and trading country, including information sharing meetings between relevant government authorities in china and malaysia, 6 establishment of an electronic database for saiga stockpiles and clear standard operating procedures sops , 7 training for dwnp on effective stockpile management, 8 dissemination of project outcomes amongst relevant stakeholders, and 9 saiga horn trade monitoring to detect illegal practices and verify the utility of introduced stockpile management systems