mission report apr 2014 ea

Association ElefantAsia

MISSION REPORT5 - 12 APRIL 2014S. DUFFILLOT / T. BROOKSHAWMYANMAR

People’s Square, Yangon

ElefantAsia is supported by:

ELEFANTASIA2nd MISSION TO MYANMAR 5th April – 12th April 2014Sebastien Duffi llot, Co-Founder, Programme ManagerTracy Brookshaw, Information Offi cer

CONTEXT

Myanmar is categorised among one of the world’s Least Developed Countries and considered one of the poorest nations in Asia, ranking 132 out of 169 countries in the 2010 UNDP Human Development Index. After years of war and political unrest, the country is now stabilising and working towards democracy. In light of recent political reforms sanctions against Myanmar have been lifted creating opportunities for economic growth as international trade and investment recommences. However, as experienced with other countries, rapid economic development brings with in extensive pressure on natural resources, which if not managed effectively could lead loss of biodiversity that exits in the region.

Myanmar has the second largest population of the world’s remaining wild Asian elephants and the largest continuous areas of natural habitat. Myanmar is also the only country, together with Laos, that continues to use elephants on a large scale in industry. As a result of these unique factors, the future of Myanmar’s elephant population is of primary importance to the conservation of the species globally. The need for enhanced elephant conservation measures in Myanmar is signifi cant. Although boasting the world’s largest captive elephant population of around 5,000 and a wild population estimated between 2,000 - 4,000, both populations are in decline.

Wild elephants

Although Myanmar’s forests have long been considered an Asian elephant stronghold (e.g. Santiapillai & Jackson 1990), recent assessments revealed that this perception probably was overly optimistic and that populations have declined considerably during the last century.

Increased incidences of human-elephant confl ict (HEC) due to loss of habitation from agricultural conversion and hydro-electric developments; live-capture for an illegal trade in live elephants evident between Myanmar and neighbouring countries and to supplement the logging industry, all threaten remaining wild elephant populations in Myanmar.

Despite low densities, wild elephants are still widely distributed throughout Myanmar and are found in many of the hill regions surrounding the large central plains of the Ayeyarwaddy. However, overall the population seemed to have declined signifi cantly over recent decades.

Captive elephants

Myanmar is the country with the world’s largest captive elephant population (Leimgruber et al. 2008; Lair 1997) and, perhaps, the best developed and organised captive management system. Most of Myanmar’s captive elephants are used in logging operations (Leimgruber et al. 2008; Lair 1997). Myanmar currently has about 4755 captive elephants, of these 2855 are owned by the government, with most government elephants managed by the Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE). Approximately 1900 additional elephants are in private hands. Many of the privately owned elephants are rented by MTE for logging operations.

However the Myanmar timber trade is on the cusp of major transformation as the government plans a complete ban on the exports of raw timber from April 2014 allowing only the export of fi nished products. Logging extraction will be reduced to almost half in order to curb deforestation, encourage a domestic furniture industry and earn carbon credits on international markets, leaving the future of many logging elephants and their owners under question.

There is a wide body of evidence demonstrating that successful management of the captive elephant population holds strong conservation benefi ts for wild elephants. However without the reconversion of timber elephants to alternative income generating activities being implemented, vast numbers of working elephants will become unemployed. In some cases this could lead to the illegal sale and export of Myanmar elephants to neighbouring countries for tourist camps or to supply the trade in body parts. Animal welfare could too become an issue, as owners cannot afford the veterinary care, once provided by forest departments.

Burma’s Logging Ban Is Great for Forests, but a Disaster for Its Working ElephantsArticle by Charlie Campbell TIME MAGAZINE, March 31st, 2014

Some 5,000 elephants are used in Burma’s timber industry. When logging stops, they’ll either be left to fend for themselves in the wild or else slaughtered for their hides and tusks. Modern Burmese history was built on teak, which is to say it was built on the backs of elephants. The British quickly saw teak’s potential after colonizing Burma in 1824, and realized that hitching an elephant to a two-ton log was the only way of getting timber from where it was felled to the nearest waterway, and fl oating it to mill and market.

It was arduous work, with malaria and anthrax decimating man and behemoth. But fortunes were made and the timber helped shape the world map by being the stuff from which the British imperial fl eet was fashioned.

Teak remained vital after Burma’s independence in 1948. It was the second highest source of legal foreign exchange and exports for the military dictatorship, earning the junta hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Last year, in the land that is now offi cially known as Myanmar, total timber exports surpassed 1.24 million cubic tons and generated more than $1 billion in revenue, of which teak alone earned $359 million.

From Tuesday [1st April 2014], however, the new quasi-democratic government is banning the export of round logs and slashing its total logging quotas. The plan is to stimulate a domestic milling and carpentry industry and protect already plundered forest, which plummeted from 58% of total land in 1990 to 47% in 2010, according to government fi gures.

But while applauded in many environmental quarters, this move will likely spell disaster for the more than 5,000 elephants and their oosi, or handlers, who rely on this trade. Sixty percent of Burma’s timber industry still depends on elephants — not only for their tremendous strength but for their ability to haul huge logs with minimal damage to the surrounding forest.

Currently, 2,851 of these working animals belong to the state-run Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE), while around 2,700 belong to private fi rms involved in logging, says Tin Win Maw, who founded Green Valley Elephant Camp in Shan State for retired timber elephants.

After some 25 years backbreaking toil, “some have health problems — cardiac problems or eye problems — and we decide they are not suitable to work any longer,” she tells TIME. The government has camps for retired elephants, but “they don’t have enough resources” and need to “give more supplementary treatments” for elephants that fall ill.

In the wake of the April 1 logging ban, and with nowhere else to go, many timber elephants may be released into the wild, but “because of deforestation there are not enough habitats for them,” the campaigner adds. Competition for land and food will likely bring them into confl ict with humans; in India, parallel pressures see up to 300 people killed each year from marauding elephants.

If not set free, elephants risk being slaughtered for their precious ivory or hides. Many could also be smuggled across the border to Thailand and put to work in the tourism industry, where animal abuse is rife. Still others could be used in Burma’s illegal timber trade, which in fact accounts for the great majority of the business.

According to report released last week by a green nonprofi t, the Environmental Investigation Agency, nearly three-quarters of all Burmese logs were smuggled across the border through illicit export deals between 2000 and 2013. (Most of these were harvested from inferior or juvenile trees, however — the best timber is sold through legitimate dealers in Rangoon.) “Sometimes there are a thousand trucks each day going into China with teak, and years ago it was even more than that,” says Bob Steber, managing director of Singapore-based Ginnacle Import Export, who has dealt in teak for more than four decades.

The fear is that banning legal Burmese timber exports will cause this unregulated sector to grow even more. Plantation teak now exists as far afi eld as Indonesia, Africa and the Caribbean, but typically grows quickly due to overly wet climates, and so is comparatively soft and liable to crack. The best Burmese teak, by contrast, is richer in natural oils and dries out for around eight or nine months of the year, sometimes taking up to 20 years for one inch of growth. “For the real good teak there’s only one thing, and that’s the Burma teak,” says Steber.

While plantation teak is adequate for garden furniture, picture frames and assorted curios, natural teak is essential for luxury yachts, as the oils repel water and keeps the wood from cracking. “And teak has silica — sand — in it so you don’t slip and fall when its wet,” says Steber. “It really is amazing.”

Burma is estimated to have half of the entire world’s natural teak, and is the only country where it can still be felled. Last year, nearly 400,000 cu m of teak were felled and exported — three quarters of global supply — but the proposed cut in quotas for 2014 means that just 80,000 cu m will be felled across all grades this year. “There is no doubt the prices will rise dramatically but total supply is still very much in doubt,” says Shannon Rogers, of Philadelphia timber company J. Gibson McIlvain.

So is the future of Burma’s elephants, upon which so much of the country’s wealth has been founded.

ELEFANTASIA

ElefantAsia is a registered non-political, non-religious, non-profi t organisation dedicated to the global conservation and protection of the endangered Asian elephant. Operating in the Lao PDR since 2001 in conjunction with the Department of Livestock and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, ElefantAsia initiates elephant conservation programmes, elephant breeding incentives, environmental awareness and economic sustainability campaigns.

The organisation remains the only NGO in the Lao PDR committed solely to ensuring the health, wellbeing and perpetuation of endangered elephant populations. As leading experts in Laos, we are working steadily towards replication of our projects in other Asian elephant range states.

PROJECT SUMMARY

In response to a need to address elephant conservation issues in Myanmar, ElefantAsia, a France based NGO, and ATC International, an event management company, are planning to establish partnerships with Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, local NGOs, Social & environmental enterprises and private sponsors in order to organise a series of popular cultural events, including an Elephant Caravan and a Festival, highlighting the condition of the Asian elephant in the country.

This approach has been successfully realised by ElefantAsia in the Lao PDR from 2002-2014. In 2012, the 6th edition of the Elephant Festival created by ElefantAsia attracted over 150.000 visitors to Sayaboury province and the total trade income generated by the event reached us$ 4 million (sources: National Tourism Administration; Sayaboury Province Department of Commerce).

Historically elephants have played a signifi cant role in Myanmar and there is an ancient pride held by the Burmese people for this iconic species. It is of great importance to galvanise public support to conserve the remaining populations of wild and captive Asian elephant.

Our idea is simple: as a prerequisite to the implementation of future conservation work, ElefantAsia believes that a strong message needs to be conveyed to the general public and decision-makers through a local and international media campaign.

It is important and invaluable that the elephant is seen in a positive light prior to commencing conservation work. Elephants are one of the prides of the Burmese people and it is of major importance to reactivate public support for the species through actions insisting on the cultural and biological importance of this animal, and the challenges of their conservation in the wild and in domesticity.

Basing action on our past successes, we would like to support the organization of an Elephant Caravan (8 elephants) travelling to Yangon in the month of January 2015 (tentatively) followed by an Elephant Festival in Yangon (22 elephants), the cultural capital of Myanmar. Future editions of the Elephant Festival would take place in the historic site of Bagan with 100 elephants participating. The 2015 events would be organized to announce the future ‘full-scale’ Elephant Festival in Bagan, which would be organized every year.

The Myanmar Elephant Festival will be organised for the fi rst time in Yangon in February 2015 and preceded by an Elephant Caravan across Myanmar, potentially up to 1.5 months prior to the offi cial opening of the festival.

The Elephant Caravan

A team of 8 elephants will walk about 300 km across the country, passing through elephant populated areas and cultural sites and disseminating both environmental education material and arts performance in towns and villages with an experienced team of artists and conservationists from both Myanmar and France.

An international TV crew will accompany the Caravan to produce a fi lm documentary for broadcasting in Myanmar and on international TV channels. While insisting on the elephant, its role in history and culture and the challenges facing its conservation, the fi lm will also promote the spectacles of Myanmar’s rich natural and cultural heritage. The documentary will facilitate the dissemination of important conservation messages to a much wider audience both in Myanmar and across the globe. ElefantAsia is already negotiating with two fi lm companies, which regularly pitch their documentaries to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). A mainstream French TV programme has also already shown interest in fi lming the adventure.

The Elephant Caravan will be the connecting link between regions populated with elephants and the cultural capital. An elephant caravan marching towards Yangon will have a highly symbolic meaning: The endangered Burmese elephants will walk to seek support from the Burmese people and Authorities. The Elephant Caravan will end its journey in Hlawga Wildlife reservation, Yangon.

The Festival

The 8 elephants from the caravan will be joined by 10-12 elephants currently held at Yangon Zoological gardens. We will also request the participation of the 2 sacred white elephants held in Yangon. After a week of training at Hlawga Wildlife Reservation, the 22 strong elephant caravan will then be transported by truck early morning to the People’s Square, opposite Shwedagon Pagoda where the Festival will take place. Elephants will only perform a simple, but majestic, procession and a carrousel, accompanied by artists and music. Later during the day, elephants will be taken to a grazing area awaiting their transport back to the Zoo and Hlawga Park in the evening. At night, an international standard cultural show featuring ‘Les Allumeurs’ (http://les-allumeurs.fr/ ) will close the fi rst day of the festival featuring sound & light shows, performances on stage and in various locations of the People’s Square. The show can be displayed several nights in a row to maximize audience.

The next day, performances will continue, without elephants, but with artists performing shows related to elephants, their role in culture & history, celebrating their beauty and raising awareness about their needed conservation. Booths managed by prominent conservation groups operating in Myanmar will provide the public with insight into the biology, social life, conservation of the Asian elephants through lectures, exhibitions and performances. The Elephant Festival promises to be a generous and popular tribute to the revered Asian elephant of Myanmar.

Photo: Thierry Renavand © 2002

Conservation

Both events must be seen as a foundation to a long-term elephant conservation action plan in Myanmar. The Elephant Caravan and Festival will work to heighten public awareness to the need for elephant conservation in Myanmar and allow ElefantAsia to further strengthen working relationships with government departments to commence further conservations efforts in the future. ElefantAsia plans to implement an elephant conservation strategy within Myanmar to assist with human-elephant confl ict; conversion of timber elephants to more sustainable activities such as eco-tourism and patrolling of protected areas and creating a computerised database of the captive elephant population. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

To create and manage such a large and prestigious event successfully, the establishment of an Event Management Partnership will be necessary for the inauguration and then, future editions of the Myanmar Elephant Festival. The new partnership will comprise of committed local and international stakeholders. In this new partnership, the stakeholders and the event management process will allow us to produce an international-quality event that will undoubtedly boost the visibility of Myanmar as important to the global conservation of the Asian elephant as well as promote the country as a vibrant and exciting tourism destination for international visitors.

Our proposed Event Management Partnership will ensure the highest quality Festival, attract the most tourists, and maximise economic opportunities for the partners and the residents of Yangon.

With this new partnership, the Myanmar Elephant Festival will serve its educational purpose and also have a modern programme showcasing both Myanmar’s rich culture and international artists.

The project will be initiated with a view to the festival becoming autonomous by the sixth edition, on-going capacity building and training will be conducted throughout the organisation of the festival to ensure autonomy.

A Great Challenge

Even though the larger version of the Elephant Festival in Bagan is planned in 2016, organizing an event in Yangon early 2015 will require mobilization of all stakeholders and important fi nancial resources in a short period of time.

• Logistics: Both events require a large amount of logistics and security. This involves sourcing providers, fi nding human resources, obtaining permits…

• Funding: Both events are costly. Securing the needed budgets involves mobilization of international class sponsors, the defi nition of a transparent funds management system, the research for income making activities during the festival…

• Media: The operation only makes sense if we can mobilise international media. Contacting and convincing TV production companies requires time, as they must pitch the story to TV channels, obtain broadcast guarantees, obtain funding to cover fi lming costs…

• Advertising: Promoting the event both locally and internationally requires the setting up of an advertising campaign at least 4 months prior to the event.

For these reasons, and given the scale of proposed events, success can be achieved only if sponsors’ money can be made available as early as September 2014. Passed this deadline, there is no way we can successfully organise the events. This raises the following questions:

• Who will be in charge of sponsorship raising?• Who will establish the Management Committee? Who will be part of the Committee?• How will funds be managed?

Should 2015 be considered too early a date, then the whole project should be postponed to a later date.

• The Elephant Caravan overall budget stands at US$ 395.000• The Yangon Elephant Festival Budget will (tentatively) range between US$ 400-600.000

Considering the short period of time remaining to organise both events, a decision must be made as to carry on work for a 2015 event ASAP.

APRIL 2014 MISSION OBJECTIVE

For its second mission to Myanmar, ElefantAsia met potential partners for the implementation of a project to increase awareness within the local people to the plight of the endangered Asian elephant in Myanmar and need for immediate conservation action.

MISSION REPORT

Saturday 5th April 2014

Informal meeting with Zaw Zaw Han (pronounced So So Han) from social enterprise group Ever Green at a local restaurant. Zaw Zaw Han has a forestry background and has recently secured a 4 million euro EC grant from GRES to develop wood energy focused in the area of stoves. According to him, Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE) are in progress of corporatising with a view to privatisation. MTE are taking stock off their assets. They currently do not see their elephants as a valuable asset, rather assessing the value of MTE’s machinery etc. It appears MTE has no interest in managing their fund of elephants.

There is potential for ecotourism with elephants in Magwe that have about 100-200 captive elephants. There is an airstrip and railway.

Zaw Zaw Han introduced us to the WCS-Myanmar offi ce and with Mr. Sonny Nyunt Thein, Managing Director of Gracious Myanmar Travel Enterprise, a travel agent who has been working in the ecotourism sector. He also has contacts within the MTE. However it could be diffi cult to obtain meetings with the government this week during the run up to New Year celebrations.

Sunday 6th April 2014

Scouting in Yangon for elephant festival location. Visit to Hlawga Wildlife Reservation situated 35km north of Yangon. Set in 623 hectares the reserve had many attributes conducive to hosting part of the Elephant Festival. There was defi nite access to drinking water, shade, some vegetation for grazing as well as infrastructure including restaurants, food stalls, toilets (which would need renovation) and viewing pagodas on some of the lake.

The reserve has several different species free-roaming including rhesus monkeys, wild pig, several species of

deer, peacocks and domestic cattle mythan. There was also a rather sad and lonely looking hippopotamus. Three captive elephants were seen offering rides to visitors. These were on extremely short chains with one showing clear signs of distress.

Hlawga Wildlife reservation could be used as the ending point for the Elephant Caravan on arrival in Yangon. A perfect place to rest and to prepare for the Elephant Festival. During the time spent on site, awareness activities could be organised and visitors could come and meet the elephants while partaking in

conservation lectures, environment education shows etc… The Hlawga Wildlife Reservation is owned by the Htoo Group of Companies.

Note: Transporting elephants from Hlawga to downtown Yangon would require permits (Yangon municipality; Police; Department of Forestry…) Peak traffi c is between 07:00 – 08:00 in Yangon. We would need to consider car parking/shuttle service between Hlawga and the People’s Park.

Following the reserve, we visited a pagoda with 2 sacred white elephants.

We then visited The People’s Square situated close to downtown Yangon, 33km from Hlawga. This location would be conducive to the opening ceremony for the elephant festival and an elephant procession. There is a wide-open space (concrete) set in front of Shwedagon Pagoda for an elephant parade. There is a lake and a couple of artifi cial water sources. However it is not apparent whether these are chlorinated. There is public seating and a sound system in place, as well as a shaded area with children play area including short-bridged walkway. A detailed map of the location has been produced and will be

shared with partner event management company for further assessment.

Note: Tentatively, the 8 elephants of the Caravan will be transported from Hlawga Wildlife reservation by truck early morning while 12 more elephants from Yangon zoo will be joining either on foot or by truck. The 2 sacred White elephants held in Yangon might participate too. All 22 elephants will participate in the Opening Ceremony of the festival (procession, carrousel…) held at the People’s Square. Environmental Awareness booths will be installed in the square where artists will also perform shows in connection with elephants. An international event management company will produce a fi rst-class show in the afternoon and evening.

On the evening of 6th we met with Saw Richard, former Director General of MTE on the recommendation of the elephant owner we have yet to meet. Saw Richard retired from the MTE in 1988. His understanding was that there were no more jobs for the elephants within the MTE due to reduction in logging practices. He suggested Taungoo would be a good place to start the caravan due to the number of elephants there. Mr. Naing Oo Director of Golden Eleven Group Service, who has military connections, joined the meeting. He knows of an elephant camp with 4-5 elephants about 50 miles north of Yangon.

Monday 7th April 2014

Scouting for location and route to commence Elephant Caravan.

We travelled with Mr. Kyan Lwinn Oo, a close friend of Mr. Saw Teddy Din, our local counterpart, to Hpa-An through Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin state. The journey by road took around 6 hours stopping for lunch etc. Hpa-An is the capital city of Kayin State and has a population of around 50,000 people. State’s population is around 6 million although these fi gures should be greater defi ned post census (this is currently being undertaken across Myanmar). The majority of residents are Theravada Buddhists followed by Baptist, Anglican and Roman Catholic Christians.

On arrival, we visited Kawkathaung Cave with a long row of Buddha’s receiving alms. The cave was lined with small clay Buddha statutes.

Tuesday 8th April 2014

We visited Kawgun Cave temple, which is a natural lime stone cave dating back to 15th century AD. The rock surfaces is decorated with a variety of clay Buddha images and includes various Buddha and animal sculptures including three white elephants, two located at the entrance of the temple steps and one at the entrance of the cave. There are a further two stone elephants at the temple gate. Located in the rural village of Kawgun thus depicting village life in Myanmar. The temple is approximately 3.2 km (2 miles) from Hpa-An township and would make a suitable location to commence the elephant caravan (with a focus of Elephants prominent role in

Buddhism). There is an interesting town close to temple called Aydo (unsure of spelling).

In Hpa-Han, we met with Mr Paw and relative Son Ur Tan at a local restaurant. Mr Paw is an elephant owner. He has recently sold two elephants across the Myanmar-Thai border and currently owns a further 6 elephants including two babies, one aged 1 week old, the other 1 year old, bred from wild elephants. He may sell more of his elephants, he may not, he is unsure at the moment. The price for a mother and calf is currently US$70,000. He told us there is currently around 20 elephants within a 70 mile radius of Hpa-An. There is no food or work in Hpa-An. We could use his elephants for the caravan, however two of his elephants have calves. Mr Paw was not concerned about this however we had our reservations. He also has two nephews (neither speak English) who could assist us with scouting for a routes from Kayin state to yangon along the Dawna mountain range.

Notes: Working elephants are charged out at US$150 per ton of wood transported. There are two waterfalls located close to Hpa An including Kyone Htaw waterfall. At the foot of Mt Zwegabin there are thousands sitting Buddhas approximately 2600.

Returning to Yangon there wasn’t suffi cient time to visit the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (Golden Rock). The well-known pilgrimage site has around 10 million visitors (60,000 international) per annum. The rock and pagoda are at the top of Mount Kyaiktuyo and are the third most important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Myanmar after the Shwedagon Pagoda and Mahamuni Pagoda. The turning to the Golden Rock is at Kyaikto village. The Golden Rock has important ecotourism potential and could be included as a place to visit during the Elephant Caravan.

In Yangon, a piece of land opposite the Victoria Hospital was identifi ed as a potential area for elephant grazing on their way to and back from downtown. This is potentially land owned by the military called Mynda Mar (unsure of spelling).

Meeting with a Myanmar Times journalist who suggested having the caravan/festival prior to November/December 2015 due to the impending elections. She felt there was a small window of opportunity in Myanmar to implement our project as the country is heading towards elections with possible changes to come that could impact our project.

Wednesday 9th April

Attendance at the “Rufford Grantees’ Conference on Environmental Awareness and Conservation” at the Natural History Museum with Saw Teddy Din.

Presentations seen were as follows:• By Ye Htut, Director of the Forest Department – Conservation of Wild Elephants in Myanmar

• By Khine Khine Swe – Mitigating Human-Elephant Confl ict in Shwe-U-Daung Wildlife Sanctuary Myanmar

We spoke directly with H Ye Htut and the following day to Dr Wan Htun, Assistant General Manager of MTE / Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (see Thursday 10th April).

We also attended the National Museum to review any elephant related artifacts. There were many pieces elephant related including eight thrones, one named the elephant throne. There was also information on the Lokanat story, which told of a manned lion and fl ying elephant.

We also met with Mr. Kyin Khan Kham from the Forestry Department at Saw Teddy’s offi ce. We spoke at length about eco-tourism opportunities, whether ecotourism operators could rent elephants from MTE or receive retired elephants free of charge if they were to offer them sanctuary. ElefantAsia could offer services including their expertise in the fi eld of captive elephants management and care as well as designing of activities, identifi cation of land, land use, ecotourism management and promotion of tourism facilities.

Discussions continued as to whom could fund our Caravan/Festival project with Saw Teddy Din mentioning Htoo Company as a potential sponsor. Teddy has a contact that used to be very close to Htoo.

Discussions were held regarding ElefantAsia’s needs to enable us to move forward with the project especially as we are located in Laos. The need for a designated person assigned to the project was reiterated, the assigned person could be a dynamic volunteer or intern with interest in event management and promotion, conservation, communications, fundraising.

An indication of approximate salaries in Myanmar for nationals was given by Teddy as follows: • US$300 - 400 per month – Runner• US$400 – 500 per month - Secretary • US$700 – 800 per month – Coordinator

There was potential to use offi ce space within Teddy’s wife’s offi ce with payment for electricity and communications. Virginia Henderson, a friend of Sebastien, also kindly offered to use part of her fl at as a temporary workspace, while Jane Davies and Paolo Vernat have generously offered us shelter during our fi rst two trips to Yangon.

Thursday 10th April

Attendance at the “Updates on the Myanmar Elephant Projects” at the Natural History Museum organised by the Myanmar Research Project, University of Sheffi eld in the UK. Presentation seen was that of Prof R. Sukumar on Recent Advances in the Study of Elephant Biology. His new book recently published The Story of Asia’s Elephants was also available to view.

There was opportunity to speak with Dr Wan Htun, Assistant General Manager of MTE / Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry. He advised us that he was interested in establishing an elephant camp at the Golden Rock. The MTE were liaising with the Forestry Joint Venture Corporation to establish several elephant camps for tourists to visit. He suggested we spoke to Dr Than How in relation to Hlawga Reserve. Dr Wan Htun also mentioned he had been in communication with Sangduen “Lek” Chailert from Elephant Nature Park in Thailand.

Meeting with WCS Myanmar offi ce. See contact sheet for WCS attendants. We Discussed projects from both sides. WCS has been working on the project Conservation of wild elephants and elephant habitat in the Hukaung Valley, Burma commencing in 2012. Under this project they microchipped 150 captive elephants. Within this area there are approximately 150 privately owned elephants and 60 owned by MTE. They are employed to carry items for the military and mining companies.

They are also working on a National Elephant Action Plan. There is HEC in Bago and traffi cking occurring with elephants being taken from India through Myanmar and then entering Thailand. Registration of elephants is uncommon due to taxation. The elephant owners are taxed on the height of the elephant with a one-off payment of US$500 on registration and a further US$50 to pay every three years once registered.

Robert Tizard suggested we spoke with the Myanmar Tourism Federation and Myanmar Investment Commission. He also mentioned Steven Schipani who works for ADB Tourism. In Hpa-An ADB are building a road from Thailand to Yangon as an investment into tourism.

He also advised that Heidi Riddle with International Elephant Foundation was interested in Phoe Kyar Nature Elephant Camp and had signed a contract to work with/at the camp.

Meeting with Mr. Sonny Nyunt Thein, Managing Director of Gracious Myanmar Travel / Enterprise Co Ltd. Also in attendance Saw Teddy and Zaw Zaw Han. Options for ecotourism were discussed with Kalaw, Golden Rock and Mount Victoria all mentioned as possible sites.

Zaw Zaw Han confi rmed the viability of hosting the Elephant Festival at Bagan. This site would be much more viable than Yangon in terms of logistics, however the idea had been previously discarded due to the lack of vegetation available to feed the participating elephants. Zaw Zaw Han confi rmed that he could provide suffi cient fresh fodder for the elephants during the week of the festival, approximately 14 tonnes. In this case Bagan, the ancient city located in Mandalay Region could become a serious contender for the location of the festival with the caravan being undertaken fi rst and a smaller scale festival organized in Yangon the fi rst year, and announcing a larger scale event in bangan for the following year. The caravan and Yangon festival would become a teaser for the event to be hosted in Bagan and give the government assurance of our work.

Informal meeting with Dr Bjarne Clausen at local restaurant. Bjarne is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Asian Elephant Foundation (Elephant Parade). TAEF have provided two vehicles to act as mobile clinics for the MTE. He is supporting MTE to establish an elephant hospital, support is not fi nancial but development

and he would be interested to have Sebastien’s input on the hospital. TAEF is also fi nancially supporting the modifi cation of MTE vehicles to carry elephants – this could be useful to know in terms of our project. Bjarne Clausen works hand in hand with Dr Sittidej Mahasawangkul (Chief of Elephant Hospital at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center) on his elephant veterinary care programme in Myanmar.

Logging in Myanmar is expected to be cut by 40% meaning potentially 40% of working elephants could fi nd themselves unemployed. Bjarne has discussed with the MTE rewilding and will potentially capacity build with MTE by sending offi cials to Kenya to the reintroduction project Daphne Sheldrake Elephant Orphanage. There is also a release scheme of herds of elephants in Sri Lanka. He will not collaborate with the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation in Thailand, this project is endorsed by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, whose idea of rewilding is to reintroduce herds of elephants consisting of a human family unit, one male, one female and two youngsters.

Bjarne’s suggestions included:

• Making the caravan/festival as local as possible, including the use of a MTE vet on the caravan.• Submitting a detailed proposal to Elephant Parade to participate in the caravan/festival at their cost

visualizing the EP at potentially the Shwedagon Pagoda and/or Bagan. (We already met with Carmen from Elephant Parade in Chiang Mai in the course of 2011)

We were joined for dinner by Dr Zaw Min Oo (Head veterinarian for MTE), Dr Myo Nay Zar (Veterinarian for MTE) and Dr Sittidej Mahasawangkul. There is scope to work with the veterinarians at MTE in the area of animal welfare - training elephant owners and their mahouts to fi nd better ways to pull logs and consider the condition of the working elephants. Bjarne Clausen advised he would consider a proposal to TAEF if the accommodation (provided by the Lao Elephant Conservation Center) were in kind and the MTE were to support the salary of the offi cials when in Laos. He advised to check ASEM connections and to mention specifi cally Vatsana Chanthavong, ElefantAsia’s Mobile Clinic’s supervisor in Laos.

Dr Zaw advised us of Myaing Hay Wun elephant camp about 50 miles from Yangon where there is around 30 elephants. Dr Zaw also has old elephant books and literature in his possession. He is very interested to be part of the Caravan/Festival project.

Friday 11th April 2014

Meeting with the Myanmar Tourism Federation accompanied by Mr. Kyin Khan Kham. We spoke with Kyi Kyi Aye (Senior Advisor) and Lynn Lynn (Executive Offi cer). We were advised there was 11 associations including:

• Myanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA)• Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA)• Myanmar Marketing Committee (MMC)• Myanmar Hospitality Professionals Association (MHPA)• Myanmar Restaurants Association (MRA)• Myanmar Tourism Transportation Association (MTTA)• Myanmar Souvenir Entrepreneurs Association (MSEA)• Domestic Pilgrimage & Tour Operators Association (DPTOA)• Myanmar Tourist Health Care and General Services Association (MTHCGSA)• Myanmar Tourist Guides Association (MTGA)• Myanmar Tourism Human Resources Development Association (MTHRDA)

These associations would meet and decide who the International Event Management Company would best partner with for the elephant festival.

We would need to approach three ministries: Culture, Environment and Tourism regarding the project, but work with the one which best fi ts our project. We should complete our groundwork considering human resource development (HRD) and submit our proposal at Ministerial level considering our timeline and other events to be held with a similar timeframe. We should submit proposal to MTF and Ministry.

In terms of the festival and homestays: Community involvement is important and capacity building welcomed.

Bed&Breakfast licensing is still in progress. Foreigners are not permitted to stay in local homes so homestays are currently out of the question. Local people tend to stay in temples.

We received a leafl et Myanmar Tourism Statistics 2013, which includes the numbers of tourist beds hotels/motels/guesthouses across Myanmar as well as the international visitors by nationality visiting Myanmar in 2013.

Saturday, 12th April 2014

Meeting with Virginia Henderson, facilitation & documentation, culture & development consultant regarding the cultural aspect of the Elephant Festival. Discussion focused on both the research for ancient and contemporary Burmese art featuring elephants (that could be used during the festival) and sourcing contacts of Myanmar artists who could participate in the caravan and festival.

Meeting with Dr Thein Aung, advisor at Htoo Group of Companies. Dr. Thein is interested in bringing the idea of the caravan and festival up to the board of directors at Htoo for sponsorship consideration.

NEXT STEPS

Festival presentation missionA trip to Yangon is planned from 19 to 25 May 2014 with representatives of ElefantAsia (Sébastien Duffi llot) and ATC International Event Management company (Philippe Bouler). The objective is to present activities planned for the February 2015 Elephant Festival to representatives of the Myanmar government and potential sponsors and to confi rm location for the festival. The trip is currently being organised. ATC will present the work they have already achieved in Vietnam while ElefantAsia will give an overview of the Elephant caravan project and their participation into the festival. We are hoping to meet with Yangon Division Chief Minister, Yangon municipality and Ministry of Tourism representatives. Maybe also representative from Ministry of Culture.

Reconaissance tripA reconnaissance trip must be planned ASAP, preferably before heavy rains (June). The objective is to survey possible route for the elephant caravan from Hpa-an to Yangon. Record all interesting points of interest (natural, cultural) along the route, elephant food & water availability, accommodation options, diffi culties. Prior to the scouting mission, contacts will be made with mahouts (oozies) and elephant owners in Kayin state. It is planned to use 2 motorbikes and a support 4WD car for the trip. Participants would include S. Duffi llot (ElefantAsia), Hervé Fléjo (Owner & MD at Gulliver Travels, tentatively), 1 Oozie from Kayin state, Saw Teddy Din (or a relative, partner), 1 offi cial representative of the government (Ministry of Tourism?), 1 car driver. Output will include contact lists, detailed GPS track, tentative budget breakdown for the caravan, maps.Prior to this fi eld trip, we would like to obtain detailed maps and tentative itineraries from Saw Teddy Din.

General Meeting with stakeholdersA fourth round of meetings are also planned to confi rm partnerships and sponsorship. Representatives from government offi ces involved, the private sector, potential sponsors, and International organizations, NGOs and Social enterprises based in Myanmar will gather to sign a partnership agreement and confi rm task sharing plans. Set in a location yet to be defi ned, the general meeting will give us the occasion to convey all possible

partners and provide insight into our proposed projects. At this stage, sponsoring rate cards and contracts will be available as well as detailed maps of the journey and the festival location, a detailed programme of activities and participating artists to the events, a detailed budget for both operations, a list of partners and tasks sharing plan, a project timeline and organizing committee description. Expected outputs include an offi cial authorization from various government bodies involved, signed sponsorship agreements and a fi nal list of partners and participants. Tentatively, this presentation could take place in the month of July or august 2014 in Yangon and/or Nay Pyi Daw.

List of requirements

• Hi resolution up to date map of central and southern Myanmar (with primary & secondary roads, dirt tracks, water systems, forest cover); Maps may be available from the Department of Transport for mapping the caravan’s route;

• Tentative routes options for recce trip (Saw Teddy);• Calendar advising national holidays and festivals in Myanmar;• List of our current network of contacts and information as to their relation with the project (Saw Teddy);• 2 mobile phones with SIM cards;• Offi ce space in Yangon with internet (accommodate 4-5 people)• Designated person assigned to the project, dynamic volunteer or intern with interest in event management

and promotion, conservation, communications, fundraising;• Designated persons participating in the June recce trip;• GPS + GPS map (compatible with GARMIN) for the recce trip;• 2x motorbikes and 1x 4WD car for the recce trip;• Budget for the recce trip (to be discussed urgently);• Budget for ATC international Field trip to Yangon in May;• Map of all MTE elephant camps and list of elephants (age, sex) in each camp (Dr Zaw Oo);• Number of elephants within a 100km radius of Hpa-An and Bagan;• Map of closest hospitals/medical clinics on the caravan route;• List & contacts of potential sponsors in Myanmar;• Investigate and set up crowdfunding sites, potentially Indiegogo and Kickstarter (T. Brookshaw);• Detailed map of People’s Square;

For the caravan we would need permits for 4 states, if travelling from Kayin State. These would include Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin. Formal agreements should be obtained rapidly before sponsorship raising can begin.

List of Meetings requirements

• Ministry of Tourism• Chief minister of Kayin State• Chief minister of Mon State• Chief minister of Bago division• Chief minister of Yangon division• Yangon Municipality• Artists• MTE & Forestry (Kayin)• Hlawga Wildlife Reservation Owner/director;• People’s Square Owner/director;• Sponsors

PartnershipsPartnerships

Training

Nov 2013

Dec 2014

13 months

Appendix B. Suggested Task sharing

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Tentative Elephant Caravan itinerary

Tentative Elephant Caravan to Festival Location itinerary (Yangon)

Tentative Elephant festival location (Yangon People’s Square)

ElefantAsia Elephant Caravan Myanmar BUDGET (US$)p y ( )

CATEGORY/BUDGET ITEM COST CALCULATION UNIT # OF UNITS UNIT RATE IN US$ TOTALSCATEGORY/BUDGET ITEM COST CALCULATION UNIT # OF UNITS UNIT RATE IN US$ TOTALS

PREPARATORY COSTS (Missions from Laos to Myanmar) $105 200

1.1 Salaries Project Coordinators / Admin 2 persons x $36,000/annual salary x 10 months 2 10 $3 000 $60 000

1.2 Salaries Assistant project managers 2 persons x $9,600/annual salary x 10 months 2 10 $800 $16 0001.2 Salaries Assistant project managers 2 persons x $9,600/annual salary x 10 months 2 10 $800 $16 000

1 3 International flights and associated transportation 2 persons x $500/mission x 10 missions 2 10 $500 $10 0001.3 International flights and associated transportation 2 persons x $500/mission x 10 missions 2 10 $500 $10 000

1.4 Perdiem 2 persons x $50/day x 8 days x 10 missions 2 80 $50 $8 000

1.5 Accommodation 2 persons x $50/night x 7 nights x 10 missions 2 70 $50 $7 000

1.6 Office rental and associated costs

1 5 1 Office rental in Laos (ElefantAsia HQ) $300/month x 10 months 1 10 $300 $3 0001.5.1 Office rental in Laos (ElefantAsia HQ) $300/month x 10 months 1 10 $300 $3 000

$ $ $1.5.2 Internet/telephone/fax $60/month x 10 months 1 10 $60 $600

1.5.3 Office cleaning $60/month x 10 months 1 10 $60 $600

ELEPHANT CARAVAN IN MYANMAR

CARAVAN TEAM OF STAFF $126 250CARAVAN TEAM OF STAFF $126 250

2 1 S l i P j C di 2 $36 000/ l l 2 h 2 2 $3 000 $12 0002.1 Salaries Project Coordinators 2 persons x $36,000/annual salary x 2 months 2 2 $3 000 $12 000

2.2 Perdiem

2.2.1 Adminstration/Logistics/Finance 5 persons x $75/day x 50 days 5 50 $75 $18 750

2.2.2 Security/Health and Safety 4 persons x $50/day x 50 days 4 50 $50 $10 0002.2.2 Security/Health and Safety 4 persons x $50/day x 50 days 4 50 $50 $10 000

2 2 3 A ti t ( ti d d ti ) 3 $50/d 50 d 3 50 $50 $7 5002.2.3 Artists (creative and education) 3 persons x $50/day x 50 days 3 50 $50 $7 500

2.2.4 Artist (performers) 8 persons x $50/day x 50 days 8 50 $50 $20 000

2.2.5 Caterers 4 persons x $50/day x 50 days 4 50 $50 $10 000

2.2.6 Elephant handlers (oozie in Burmese)p ( )

2 2 6 1 Chief oozie 1 person x $60/day x 50 days 1 60 $50 $3 0002.2.6.1 Chief oozie 1 person x $60/day x 50 days 1 60 $50 $3 000

2.2.6.2 Oozies (Elephant handlers) 15 persons x $50/day x 50 days 15 50 $50 $37 500

2.2.7 Media (plus 4 persons no perdiem paid) 2 persons x $50/day x 50 days 2 50 $50 $5 000

2.2.8 Veterinarian (local) 1 person x $50/day x 50 days 1 50 $50 $2 500p y y

TRANSPORTATION $21 360TRANSPORTATION $21 360

l fl h $ /fl h $ $3.1 International flights 13 persons x $1,400/flight 13 1 $1 400 $18 200

3.2 Regional flights (From Laos to Myanmar) 2 persons x $500/return trip 2 1 $500 $1 000

3.3 Entry visas (30 day entry) 13 persons x $30/visa x 2 visas 13 2 $30 $780

3 4 Local transportation 46 persons x $30/round trip 46 1 $30 $1 3803.4 Local transportation 46 persons x $30/round trip 46 1 $30 $1 380

FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION $39 100FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION $39 100

4.1 Accommodation 46 persons x $10/day x 50 days 46 50 $10 $23 000

4.2 Food 46 persons x $7/day x 50 days 46 50 $7 $16 100

PROVISIONS FOR ELEPHANTS $37 500$

5 1 Supplementary food and care 8 elephants x $6/day x 50 days 8 50 $6 $2 4005.1 Supplementary food and care 8 elephants x $6/day x 50 days 8 50 $6 $2 400

5.2 Veterinary support (mobile clinic) Medicine x $30/day x 50 days 1 50 $30 $1 500

5.3 Rental of elephants 8 elephants x $60/day x 70 days 8 70 $60 $33 600

ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT $18 650Q $

6 1 Performance6.1 Performance

$ $ $6.1.1 Electric generator 1 generator x $800/item 1 1 $800 $800

6.1.2 Sound system (speakers/mix/amplifier) 1 sound system x $750/item 1 1 $750 $750

6.1.3 Small equipment (performance related) $1 500 $1 500

6 2 Travel6.2 Travel

6 2 1 V hi l l (T k d i ) 50 d $100/d 1 50 $100 $5 0006.2.1 Vehicle rental (Truck + driver) 50 days x $100/day 1 50 $100 $5 000

6.2.2 Motorbike 250cc Trail motorbike x 1 item 1 $2 000 $2 000

6.2.3 Vehicle rental (mobile clinic) 1 vehicle x $80/day x 50 days 1 50 $80 $4 000

6.2.4 Bicycles 4 bicycles x $150/item 1 4 $150 $6006.2.4 Bicycles 4 bicycles x $150/item 1 4 $150 $600

6 2 5 M bil ffi (l t / t ti f ) $2 000 $2 0006.2.5 Mobile office (laptop/stationery, safe...) $2 000 $2 000

6.3 Miscellaneous

6.3.1 Medical equipment $500 $500

6.3.2 Tools $500 $500$ $

6 3 3 Camping equipment $1 000 $1 0006.3.3 Camping equipment $1 000 $1 000

COMMUNICATION $18 000

7.1 Environmental resources developed in Myanmar

7.1.1 Booklets and posters $2 000 $2 000p

7 1 2 Illustrated educational booklet $3 000 $3 0007.1.2 Illustrated educational booklet $3 000 $3 000

$ $ / $ $7.2 Mobile phones 10 units x $15 + 10 SIM cards x 2 months x $50/mon 10 $1 150 $11 500

7.3 Walkies Talkies 20 units x $25 per unit 20 $25 $500

7.4 Landlines Internet/telephone/fax (office) $1 000 $1 000

CONSUMABLES $6 000CONSUMABLES $6 000

8 1 F l (f hi l d t ) F l $100/d 60 d 1 60 $100 $6 0008.1 Fuel (for vehicle and generator) Fuel x $100/day x 60 days 1 60 $100 $6 000

SUBTOTAL $372 060

ADMINISTRATION COSTS 6% $22 324

TOTAL $394 384$

Elephant Fes val Budget(in progress)

MYANMAR CONTACTSMYANMAR CONTACTS

Contact name Organisation Titleg

/Saw Teddy Din ALARM / MHDO Project Manager

D U Th i A A dd Di i i Chi f Mi i tDr. U Thein Aung Ayeyarwaddy Division Chief Minister

(name) Ayeyarwaddy Division Minister of Forests(name) Ayeyarwaddy Division Minister of Forests

(name) Ayeyarwaddy Division Director of Forest Department(name) Ayeyarwaddy Division Director of Forest Department

Win Myo Thu ECO DEV DirectorWin Myo Thu ECO DEV Director

Kyaw Lwin Oo Fixer (Teddy)

H Y Ht t F t D t t Di tH Ye Htut Forestry Department Director

Virginia Henderson freelance Culture & developmentVirginia Henderson freelance Culture & development

U Myint Aung Friends of WildlifeU Myint Aung Friends of Wildlife

Kyin Khan Kham (Kham) GMAP Project CoordinatorKyin Khan Kham (Kham) GMAP Project Coordinator

Naing Oo Golden Eleven Group Service Directorg p

S N Th i G i M T l / E i C L d M i DiSonny Nyunt Thein Gracious Myanmar Travel / Enterprise Co Ltd Managing Director

Hervé Fléjo Gulliver Travels DirectorHervé Fléjo Gulliver Travels Director

Thein Aung Htoo Group of Companies AdvisorThein Aung Htoo Group of Companies Advisor

Pol Oo Kayin state Elephant OwnerPol Oo Kayin state Elephant Owner

Son Ur Tan Kayin state Elephant Ownery p

Dr Zaw Oo MTE Head Vet

M N Z MTE A i t t V tMyo Nay Zar MTE Assistant Vet

Tun Tun Oo MTE Deputy General Manager MTE Ayeyarwaddy DivisionTun Tun Oo MTE Deputy General Manager MTE Ayeyarwaddy Division

U Soe Myint Thein MTE Senior MTE Timber RangerU Soe Myint Thein MTE Senior MTE Timber Ranger

Dr Wan Htun MTE / Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry Assistant General ManagerDr Wan Htun MTE / Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry Assistant General Manager

Fiona McGregor Myanmar Times Journalist

Whit Li ht M Ti J li t Edit (Th P l )Whitney Light Myanmar Times Journalist, Editor (The Pulse)

Kyi Kyi Aye Myanmar Tourism Federation Senior AdvisorKyi Kyi Aye Myanmar Tourism Federation Senior Advisor

Lynn Lynn Myanmar Tourism Federation Executive OfficerLynn Lynn Myanmar Tourism Federation Executive Officer

Sittidej Mahasawangkul National Elephant Institute of Thailand / TECC Chief of Elephant HospitalSittidej Mahasawangkul National Elephant Institute of Thailand / TECC Chief of Elephant Hospital

(name) Ngwe Saung Elephant Camp Camp Manager( ) g g p p p g

J li Chi N i R f C ilJulie Chinnery Norwegian Refugee Council

Adeana Greenlee Ogilvy & Mathers Advertising AgencyAdeana Greenlee Ogilvy & Mathers Advertising Agency

(name) Pho Kwar Camp Camp Manager(name) Pho Kwar Camp Camp Manager

Saw Richard Retired MTE Director GeneralSaw Richard Retired MTE Director General

Thin Lei Win Elkin Reuter Journalist

( )Dr Mohammad Belal Uddin Shahjala University of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) Associate Professor

Willi J M Sh PhD S ith i C ti Bi l I tit t R h Wildlif E l i tWilliam J McShea PhD Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Research Wildlife Ecologist

Dr Bjarne Clausen The Asian Elephant Foundation (Elephant Parade) Member of the Board of TrusteesDr Bjarne Clausen The Asian Elephant Foundation (Elephant Parade) Member of the Board of Trustees

Jane Davies UNICEF Education Specialist (Policy)Jane Davies UNICEF Education Specialist (Policy)

Khine U Mar University of Sheffield, UK Elephant specialistKhine U Mar University of Sheffield, UK Elephant specialist

Robert Tizard WCS Technical Advisor

S Ht WCS D t C t P Di tSaw Htun WCS Deputy Country Program Director

Saw Htoo Tha Po WCS Senior Technical CoordinatorSaw Htoo Tha Po WCS Senior Technical Coordinator

Than Myint WCS Country Program DirectorThan Myint WCS Country Program Director

Zaw Zaw HanZaw Zaw Han

Contact name: Dr. U Thein Aung

Organisa on: Ayeyarwaddy Region

feihC:eltiT Minister

Telephone Number:

Email address:

Field of interest/exper se:

Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name:

Orga : Ayeyarwaddy Region

Title: The Minister of Forests

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name:

ddOrganisa on: Ayeyarwaddy Region

ehT:eltiT Director of Forest tnemtrapeD

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

AYEYARVADEE DIVISIONFORESTRY & CHIEF MINISTER

Contact name: Dr Wan Htun

Orga :MTE / Ministry of Environmental Conserva n and Forestry

Title: Assistant General Manager

Telephone Number: 959 6300946

Email address: [email protected]

Field of interest/exper se:MTE / ecotourism / contact with Forestry

Field of interest/exper se:Joint Venture Corpora on

:laitnetoP

Notes:Met at Conference

Contact name: Saw Richard

Orga :

deriteR:eltiT MTE Director General

Telephone Number:

Email address:

Field of interest/exper se:Field of interest/exper se:

:laitnetoP

Notes:

Contact name: Dr Zaw Oo

Orga : MTE

Title: Head Vet

enohpeleT Number:



Poten al:

Notes:Met at chineses restaurant at riversideMet at chineses restaurant at riverside

Contact name: Myo Nay Zar

Orga : MTE

tnatsissA:eltiT Vet

Telephone Number:



Poten al:

Notes:Met at chineses restaurant at riverside

Contact name: Tun Tun Oo

Orga : MTE

:eltiTDeputy General Manager MTE Ayeyarwaddy Division

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name: U Soe Myint Thein

Organisa on: MTE

roineS:eltiT MTE Timber regnaR

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

MYANMAR TIMBERENTERPRISE (MTE)

Contact name: H Ye Htut

Organisa on: Forestry Department

rotceriD:eltiT

Telephone Number: 94 20740589 / 067 200504

Email address: [email protected]@gmail.com


Poten al:

Notes:Met at Wildlife conferenceMet at Wildlife conference

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

Contact name: Robert Tizard

Organisa on: WCS

lacinhceT:eltiT Advisor

Telephone Number: 95 1 524893

Email address: rj [email protected]

Field of interest/exper se:Field of interest/exper se:Conserva on

Poten al: Elephant noitartsiger

Notes:

Contact name: Saw Htun

Organisa on: WCS

ytupeD:eltiT Country Program rotceriD



Field of interest/exper se:Conserva on

P i l El h i iPotential: Elephant registration

Notes:

Contact name: Saw Htoo Tha Po

Organisa on: WCS

roineS:eltiT Technical rotanidrooC



Field of interest/exper : Conser


Notes:Notes:

Contact name: Than Myint

Organisa on: WCS

yrtnuoC:eltiT Program rotceriD



Field of interest/exper se: Conserva onField of interest/exper se: Conserva on


Notes:

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

ELEPHANT CONSERVATION

Contact name: William J McShea PhD

Organisa on:Smithsonian Conserva n Biology In tute

hcraeseR:eltiT Wildlife tsigolocE




Poten al:

Notes:Wildlife conference

Contact name: Dr Mohammad Belal Uddin

Organisa on:Shahjala University of Science and Technology (Bangladesh)

etaicossA:eltiT Professor




Poten al:

Notes:Wildlife conference

Contact name: Khine Khine Swe

Orga :

Title:

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:LECTURER AT WILDLIFE CONFERENCE

Contact name: Khine U Mar

Organisa on: University of Sh eld

Title:

Telephone Number:



Poten al:

Notes:Organiser of the ru ord grant wildlife conference

Contact name: Kyin Khan Kham (Kham)

Orga : GMAP

tcejorP:eltiT Coordinator

Telephone Number: 250609266


Field of interest/exper se:Contact with WCS / Forestry Department / Tourism Federa on

P i lPotential:

Notes:met at Teddy's ce, with Htoo group of companies. Sponsoring. Fixing mee ngs.

Contact name: Kyaw Lwin Oo

Organisa on: Fixer (Teddy)

Title:

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:Cars import

Contact name: Saw Teddy Din

Organisa on: MHDO / ALARM

tcejorP:eltiT Manager

Telephone Number: 095142164'


Field of interest/exper se: Development, comm environmentField of interest/exper se: Development, comm environment

Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name:

Organisa on:

Title:

Telephone Number:

Email address:

/Field of interest/exper se:

Poten al:

Notes:SAW TEDDY DIN CONTACT

Contact name: Raymond Chevalier

Orga :

Title:

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

LOCAL PARTNERS (SAW TEDDY)

GOLDEN ELEVEN GROUP SERVICES

Contact name: Naing Oo

Orga : Golden Eleven Group Service

rotceriD:eltiT

Telephone Number: 01 377719

Email address: [email protected]@gmail.com


:laitnetoPKnows elephant camp with 4-5 elephants / military

Notes:Notes:Met at Saw Richard's house

ECODEV

Contact name: Win Myo Thu

Orga : ECODEV

Title: Director

Telephone Number:

Email address:

Field of interest/exper se: Development, comm environmentField of interest/exper se: Development, comm environment

Poten al:

Notes:Has connec on with head of state

ZAW ZAW HAN

Contact name: Zaw Zaw Han

Organisa on:

Title:

Telephone Number:


Field of interest/exper se: Forestry dnuorgkcab

al: Fodder for the elephants in Bag nap gEcotourism

Notes:

HTOO GROUP OF COMPANIESContact name: Thein Aung

Organisa on: Htoo Group of Companies

rosivdA:eltiT

Telephone Number: 95-1-50034495-1-500355


Field of interest/exper se: wildlife, parks administra on, gnirosnops

Poten al:

Notes:

List of contacts made during Nov. 2013 and Apr. 2014 missions - per sector of activity

ELEPHANT OWNERSContact name: Pol Oo or Mr Pore

Organisa on:

tnahpelE:eltiT Owner, Kayin etats

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name: Son Ur Tan

Orga :

tnahpelE:eltiT Owner, Kayin state

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

ATC INTERNATIONAL (EVENT MANAGEMENT)

Contact name: Philippe Bouler

Organisa on: ATC Interna onalOrganisa on: ATC Interna onal

rotceriD:eltiT

Telephone Number:


Field of interest/exper se: Event management

Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name: Laurelene chambovet

Organisa on: ATC Interna onal

Title:

Telephone Number:


Field of interest/exper se: Event management

Poten al:

Notes:

ELEFANTASIA (ORGANISER)

Contact name: Sebas en Du llot

Orga : ElefantAsiaOrga : ElefantAsia

Title: Co Founder & programme manager

Telephone Number: 856-20-96591061


Field of interest/exper : Elephant conserva on

Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name: Tracy Brookshaw

Orga : ElefantAsia

Title: Informa on cer

Telephone Number:


Field of interest/exper : Elephant conserva on

Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name:

Orga : Ngwe Saung Elephant Camp

Title: Manager

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name:

Organisa on: Pho Kwar Camp

reganaM:eltiT

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

ELEPHANT CAMPS

ELEPHANT PARADE

Contact name: Dr Bjarne Clausen

Organisa on:The Asian Elephant Founda on (Elephant Parade)

rebmeM:eltiT of the Board of seetsurT

Telephone Number:



Poten al: Vet surgeonFunding welfare

Notes:Submit proposal

NATIONAL ELEPHANT INSTITUTETHAILAND

Contact name: Si dej Mahasawangkul

Orga : NEI / TECC

Title:Chief of Elephant Hospital at the Thai Elephant Conserva on Center

Telephone Number:

Email address: msi [email protected]


Poten al:

Notes:

MYANMAR TOURISM FEDERATION

Contact name: Kyi Kyi Aye

Orga : Myanmar Tourism Fede

Title: Senior Advisor




Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name: Lynn Lynn

Orga : Myanmar Tourism Fede

evitucexE:eltiT cer




Poten al:

Notes:

TRAVEL OPERATORS

Contact name: Sonny Nyunt Thein

Organisa on:Gracious Myanmar Travel / Enterprise Co Ltd

gniganaM:eltiT Director



Field of interest/exper : Tourism

Poten al:

Notes:Met at FUJI restaurant

Contact name: Hervé Fléjo

Orga : Gulliver Travels

Title: Director

Telephone Number: (951) 665488, 655642, 720151095017630'

Email address: herve [email protected]: ejoherve99

dleiF of interest/exper se:

Poten al:

Notes:

MEDIA

Contact name: Fiona Mc Gregor

Organisa on: Myanmar Times

tsilanruoJ:eltiT

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name: Clare Lyons

Organisa on: BBC

Title:

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

N tNotes:

Contact name: Jude Smith

Orga : Juggling Fe val / Al Jazeera

Title:

Telephone Number:

Email address:


Poten al:

N tNotes:

Contact name: Thin Lei Win ElkinContact name: Thin Lei Win Elkin

Organisa on: Reuter

tsilanruoJ:eltiT

Telephone Number:



Poten al:

Notes:

Contact name: Whitney LightContact name: Whitney Light

Orga : Myanmar Times

Title: Journalist, Editor (The Pulse)

Telephone Number: 95 (1) 392 928, 253 642



Poten al:

Notes:

CULTURE & EDUCATION

Contact name: Virginia Henderson

Orga : freelance

Title: Facilita on & docume nCulture & development

Telephone Number: 95-9-250 156 750


dleiF of interest/exper se: Culture, arts

nikrowteN:laitnetoP gg

Notes:

Contact name: Jane Davies

Orga : UNICEF

Title: Specialist (Policy)

Telephone Number: 951 2305958 Ext: 1935, +959 4 500 61921


Field of interest/exper se: Educ on

Poten al: Networkingg

Notes:Brainstorming on situ on in Myanmar / contacts / accommoda on

Photos of Yangon People’s Square

Map of Hlawga Wildlife Reservation, Yangon

Photos of Hlawga Wildlife Reservation

Siège : 10, rue des Nonnains d’Hyères, 75004 [email protected]

mission report apr 2014 ea

Documents

myanmars captive elephants

wild population

government elephants

owned elephants

wild asian elephants

largest population

myanmar timber trade

additional elephants