Education for Nature Vietnam
News Brief (E179, 19th - 25th August, 2006)
New postcards promote protection of bears
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Hanoi - Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released two series of postcards (Vietnamese and English) featuring artwork from a 2005-2006 competition, Bring Peace to Vietnam’s Bears. One series showcases the winning artwork as expressions of emotion. The other series includes ten informative messages about the bear trade in Vietnam in addition to illustrations from the competition.
ENV plans to distribute the postcards through ENV’s new Save Our Wildlife Volunteer Network and as part of November’s Bring Peace to Vietnam’s Bearsexhibition in Hanoi.
(Education for Nature - Vietnam)
Bayer Young Environmental Envoy Program in Vietnam
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| Phan Vu An and Ngo Chi Le, two outstanding student were chosen to take part in a weeklong study tour in Germany |
On August 18, the Bayer Young Environmental Envoy Programannounced the results of its 2006 Vietnam competition. The program selects students for scholarships and a weeklong study tour in Germany. This year, 20 students from Vietnam were awarded a VND 3 million scholarship, out of more than 250 contestants who competed. Phan Vu An and Ngo Chi Le, two students from Ho Chi Minh University of Technique and Hanoi Trade University, were chosen to take part in the weeklong study tour. They will represent Vietnam in November, along with 43 envoys from 15 other countries.
The contest was launched on May 17, 2006 in Hanoi and was open to students at universities and colleges throughout the country. Each student had to demonstrate knowledge and original ideas in a four to five thousand word essay in Vietnamese. “Household Waste – A part of life” was the title of this year’s contest.
(Website www.tuoitre.com.vn dated August 20, 2006; www.tienphongonline.com.vn dated May 18, 2006)
Updates from ENV’s Wildlife Crime Hotline 1800 1522
Hanoi - In late July, ENV’s Wildlife Crime Unit observed a bear bile-advertising signboard at a shop in northern Thanh Xuan district. Several wine jars containing preserved snakes and monitor lizards were also on display. Hanoi Forest Protection Department later inspected the shop and removed the signboard.
In mid-August, another advertisement for wildlife products was spotted in Hanoi. The promotion was listed on a signboard at a restaurant in Dong Da district. ENV sent a warning letter, along with a copy of Decree 32, which addresses endangered species protection. The restaurant has since removed the reference to wild species from its signboard
(Education for Nature - Vietnam)
Links to environmental articles (English and Vietnamese)
Surgery on endangered monkey successful in Vietnam
http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=19142
Forum on “Environmental Protection Law and Decree 12/2006/ND-CP, Real Life Issues” http://www.monre.gov.vn/monreNet/default.aspx?tabid=209&idmid=&ItemID=16696
STOP THE WILDLIFE TRADE
If you observe wildlife being displayed, sold, transported, or kept illegally in captivity, notify your local Forest Protection Department or contact the ENV Wildlife Trade Hotline
1800-1522
YOU can make a difference!
For more information, please contact:
Nguyen Phuong Dung
Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV)
No.2/C5 tap the Dai hoc Ngoai Thuong, pho Chua Lang, Ha Noi.
Tel/Fax: 04-775 3685
env@fpt.vn or communication.env@fpt.vn