Education for Nature Vietnam
News Brief (E207, 16th March,2007)
Top News
Vietnamese authorities crack down on private tiger breeding
Wildlife protection officers have proposed the confiscation of 37 tigers being kept illegally in several private establishments throughout Binh Duong province. According to Mr. Doan Van Trang, chief of the provincial Forest Protection Department, the number of captive tigers in the province has now reached 41 following the recent birth of four cubs.
(Vietnamese version LINK)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Xu_ly_41_ho_nuoi_trai_phep.pdf
(English version LINK)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Vietnam_Orders_Measures_on_Private_Tiger_Breeding.pdf
Whale beached on Binh Dinh shore
On March 10, 2007, a whale died after being washed ashore on a beach in Binh Dinh province. According to the local people, it is the third whale to beach itself in the last four years.
(Vietnamese version LINK)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Ca_voi_dat_vao_vung_bien_De_Gi.pdf
Wildlife Sold“Openly” throughout Dien Bien Province
In Dien Bien province, wildlife is sold openly on city streets and in local towns, and served in specialty dishes at restaurants and hotels while provincial authorities look on. Protected species such as pangolins are offered on local menus for 700,000 VND/kg, and traders in Dien Bien Province reportedly sell wildlife to buyers in Hanoi.
(Vietnamese version LINK)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Dong_vat_hoang_da_ra_duong_lon.pdf
Another oil slick hits beaches in the south
An oil slick has polluted the beaches of the southern Vietnamese resort town of Vung Tau. More than 2,000 local workers cleaned up eight tons of oil from 10 km of beachfront over the weekend
(English version LINK)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Another_oil_slick_hits_south_Vietnam_beaches.pdf
Links to environmental articles
Local residents in areas neighbouring Tram Chim National Park have inflicted serious damage on the forest including the habitat of the endangered Sarus crane, clearing trees for farmland (Vietnamese version LINK)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Xe_thit_VQG_Tram_Chim.pdf
The Institute of Forest Management in cooperation with the Frankfurt Zoological Society to carry out a wildlife survey in the Hon Heo mountainous area of Khanh Hoa Province. (Vietnamese version LINK)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Khao_sat_mot_so_loai_dong_vat_hoang_da_quy_hiem.pdf
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