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Communication campaign calls for wildlife conservation efforts

The central province of Quang Binh, home to the UNESCO-recognised Natural Heritage site of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, on April 13 launched a communication campaign in response to the World Wildlife Day (March 3) and the National Biodiversity Restoration Year 2024.
Communication campaign calls for wildlife conservation efforts ảnh 1Quang Binh people, soldiers join a parade to call on the community to end the consumption of wild animals (Photo: VNA)
Quang Binh (VNA) – The central province of Quang Binh, home to the UNESCO-recognisedNatural Heritage site of Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, on April 13 launched a communicationcampaign in response to the World Wildlife Day (March 3) and the NationalBiodiversity Restoration Year 2024.

The campaign is within the framework of the SustainableForest Management and Biodiversity Conservation Project (VFBC) funded by the USAgency for International Development (USAID).

It aims to raise public awareness about wildlifeconservation in general and reduce demand for wildlife products inparticular.

Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the provincialPeople's Committee Hoang Xuan Tan called on officials, people, youth unionmembers, and members of community conservation groups to join hands in takingactions to end the consumption of wild animals, thus contributing to a QuangBinh province free of bushmeat.

Quang Binh boasts a relatively high level of biodiversity,with many typical forest and marine ecosystems, rich genetic resources of rareforest animals and plants, as well as rare wild fauna and flora species. However,in Vietnam in general and Quang Binh in particular, wild animals are facing numerousthreats such as climate change, environmental pollution, diseases, hunting andoverexploitation./.
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