Education for Nature Vietnam
News Brief (E183, 16th - 22nd Sep, 2006)
Hawksbill sea turtles released into the sea
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Releasing turtles into the ocean |
Khanh Hoa province – Early this month, a local man in Nha Trang city voluntarily handed over four hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) to Nha Trang Bay Management for release into the sea. Six or seven month ago, he bought the four turtles from fishermen. He was a turtle collector, but when he discovered that the turtles were endangered species he decided to release them. The Nha Trang Bay Management set the turtles free into the centre of the Nha Trang Bay Conservation Zone.
(Website www.monre.gov.vn dated September 15, 2006; Khanh Hoa Fisheries Department)
Seizing 326 kg of wildlife
Quang Binh province – Early in the morning of September 16, Quang Trach police discovered a bus transporting wildlife. The shipment totaled 326 kg, and included 10 kg of hard-shell turtles, 27 kg of soft-shell turtles, 19 kg of grass snakes and 270 kg of monitor lizards. According to Quang Binh provincial Forest Protection Department (FPD), the owner of the shipment managed to escape. The driver however was fined VND 43 million. All of the wildlife was auctioned off in accordance with Decree 139.
(Labor issue 258 dated September 19, 2006; Quang Binh provincial FPD)
Updates from ENV’s Wildlife Crime Hotline 1800 1522
Advertising in the wildlife trade
Vinh Long province – Last August, a local resident informed ENV’s Wildlife Trade Hotline that a farm in Vinh Long was advertising services in breeding and trading rare and endangered wildlife. However, the farm illegally used the CITES logo in its signboard. After being informed, the CITES office in Vietnam sent a warning letter to the farm and ordered them to remove the sign. According to a recent inspection, the signboard had been removed.
(Education for Nature – Vietnam)
Photograph of the Week
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| The sign outside Ba Vu Cites Farm in Vinh Long province advertised their wildlife business using the CITES logo. The sign reads: “Cites Ba Vu Farm – Breeding and trading rare and endangered animals” |
Links to environmental articles (Vietnamese)
Ha Nam: Destruction of mangrove forests poses a problem http://www.monre.gov.vn/monreNet/default.aspx?tabid=210&ItemID=17196
Information on Ho Chi Minh City’s environmental standards http://www.sggp.org.vn/moitruongdothi/2006/9/60982/
Ho Chi Minh City: Checking exhaust makes drivers pay attention vehicles maintenance
http://www.monre.gov.vn/monreNet/default.aspx?tabid=210&ItemID=17219
Hanoi: Methods needed to protect “green kidney!”
http://www.monre.gov.vn/monreNet/default.aspx?tabid=209&ItemID=17314
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 Thi Phuong Ngan
Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV)
No.2/C5 tap the Dai hoc Ngoai Thuong, pho Chua Lang, Ha Noi.
Tel/Fax: 04-775 3685
Email: env@fpt.vn or communication.env@fpt.vn