Education for Nature Vietnam
News Brief (E160, 8th - 14th April, 2006) Wildlife seized Ho Chi Minh Province – On April 7th, during an inspection of two restaurants, a private household, and a truck stopped by police, the Ho Chi Minh City FPD discovered 14 spot-billed ducks (Anas poelornhyncha), 4 porcupines, 14 kilograms of snakes and other animals. The wildlife were released in Dam Sen Park on April 10th. Bach Ma National Park expanded Bach Ma NP has a diverse flora of at least 1,400 species that represents approximately one-fifth of Vietnam’s entire flora. Of these species, 86 are listed as endangered in the Red Book of Vietnam. There are three endemic plant species from the Bach Ma area: Piper bachmariaefolia, Cissus bachmaensis, and Elaeocarpus bachmaensis. Bach Ma National Park is considered to contain half of all known mammals in Vietnam. Forty-three species of mammals have been identified in the park and a further 76 species are listed as potentially present. New mammal species have also been discovered in Bach Ma NP such as Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), Giant muntjact (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis) and Truong Son muntjact (Caninmuntiacus truongsonensis). (Website of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment dated April 9th 2006; Sai Gon Liberated issue 10344 dated April 12th 2006; Website of Bach Ma National Park; Website of Vietnamnet dated April 10th 2006)
“Community joins efforts for forest protection and development 2006” competition Thua Thien – HueProvince – On April 9th, Bach Ma National Park organized a competition called “Community joins efforts for forest protection and development 2006” for local people in the park’s buffer-zone area. The competition addressed fighting forest fires, wildlife protection and general forest knowledge. The competition was an environmental education activity to raise local people’s awareness about the need to protect forest, nature, wildlife and in particular how to prevent and fight forest fires during the dry season. Schedule Vietnam International Exhibition Fair on Environmental Technology 2006 The exhibition is designed to improve communication between local and foreign companies in order to facilitate the application of advanced environmental technologies and treatment facilities in such fields as air pollution, noise reduction, waste reuse, recycling and recovery. Side-events will also be organized such as workshops and awarding of the "Environment Cup" and "Certificate of Merit" to those who demonstrate the best pollution treatment technologies or environmentally friendly technologies. (Website of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment dated April 6th 2006; Website of Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE)) New Law Document The Government Decree 32/2006/ND-CP dated 30th March 2006 on Management of Endangered, Precious, Rare Species of Wild Plants, Animals One new aspect of the law is that it does not include aquatic or marine species including marine turtles and dugongs which are listed as protected under Decree 59 of May 4, 2005 relating to protection of fisheries resources. Updates from ENV’s Wildlife Trade Hotline 18001522 On April 6th, a trade monitoring officer of Education for Nature – Vietnam inspected the Pho Nui restaurant at No.52 Hoa Ma street and observed two species of porcupines and several civets for sale at the restaurant. The case was reported to the Ha Noi FPD and a subsequent inspection of the restaurant resulted in the confiscation of a civet. The rangers also reportedly fined the restaurant 660.000 VND and transferred the civet to Soc Son Rescue Centre, Ha Noi. Links to environmental articles (Vietnamese) Interesting facts about Karst ecology in Viet Nam Wild elephants on the edge of extinction No where in the world does wildlife decrease at such an alarming rate as in Vietnam Information about the Vietnam International Exhibition Fair on Environmental Technology 2006
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