Education for Nature Vietnam
News Brief (E215, 10th May,2007)
Top News
Thirty kilograms of wildlife confiscated in Phu Tho Province
A truck containing a 30 kilogram shipment of wild animals was seized by the Ha Hoa District Forest Protection Department in Phu Tho Province.
(Vietnamese version)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Kiem_lam_huyen_Ha_Hoa_bat_gan_30kg_dvhd.pdf
Fires ruin 2,540 hectares of forest in four months
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Department for Forest Management, since the start of the year, there have been 466 forest fires, destroying a total of 2,540 hectares of forest.
(English version)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Fires_ruin_2540_ha_of_forest.pdf
Stories about elephants in Vietnam
Part 1: Elephants destroy villages, threatening local residents’ lives
Part 2: Elephants’ affected by habitat loss
Part 3: Illegal hunting of elephants
Part 4: How to protect elephants
(Vietnamese version)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/Tan_tac_mot_dan_voi.pdf
Mobile Wildlife Awareness Unit launched
Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has taken its wildlife awareness campaign to the road, launching a new Mobile Wildlife Awareness Unit to raise awareness amongst the public about the threats facing Vietnam’s wildlife as a result of illegal hunting and trade. (English version)
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/ENV_Resource_Library/ENV_Activities/Press_release/PR_MWAT_4_May_07.html
New publications
Green Forest Issue #25 on Birds
Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released the latest issue of the popular student activity magazine, Green Forest, on Vietnam’s birds, entitled “Ambassador of The Sky“.
http://www.envietnam.org/E_News/ENV_Resource_Library/ENV_Activities/Press_release/Press_release_GF_25.html
Photographic Butterfly Book
A new pocket-sized photographic field guide (19.5X10 cm) has been released, helping to identify more than 200 butterfly species native to Vietnam. To purchase the book (156,000 VND/book), please contact the author by email, at bhmanh73@gmail.com or by phone 0903294862. Interested persons can also find the book at the Thang Long bookshop at 51-53 Trang Tien, Hanoi, and Trang Tien Bookstore, 44 Trang Tien, Hanoi.
STOP WILDLIFE CRIME
If you see wildlife for sale in restaurants or other business establishments,
contact your local Forest Protection Department or the ENV Wildlife Crime Hotline
1800-1522
YOU can make a difference!
Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV)
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Tel/Fax: 04-775 3685
Email: env@fpt.vn or communication.env@fpt.vn