Environment

Human activity defiles country’s lands

Unsustainable human activities, together with emerging climatic extremes, have increased pressure of pollution and degradation on Vietnam’s land, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said.
Unsustainable human activities, together with emerging climaticextremes, have increased pressure of pollution and degradation onVietnam’s land, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment hassaid.
 
The Ministry estimated that fertilisers used in agriculturereached 2.5 to 3 million tonnes a year, 50 to 70 percent of which wasdischarged into the environment.

Meanwhile, 335 spots withpesticide residues in soils had been identified nationwide but they hadnot been cleaned up effectively.

Cultivation land was beingdegraded due to landslides, erosion, desertification and salination. Upto 9.3 million hectares of land, accounting for 28 percent of naturalland, are threatened by desertification.

In the northernmountainous provinces and the Central Highland, the total land subjectto erosion could equal 150 tonnes per hectare.-VNA
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The poacher, Tran Van Binh, 57 years old, residing in Tan Nam hamlet, Tan Binh commune, Tan Bien district, was found with a homemade gun and three poached animals. (Photo: broadcast by VNA)

Wildlife poachers arrested in Tay Ninh's national park

The poacher, Tran Van Binh, 57 years old, residing in Tan Nam hamlet, Tan Binh commune, Tan Bien district, was found with a homemade gun and three poached animals including two cheo cheo (Chevrotain) classified in group IIB of endangered, rare wildlife as per Decree 84/2021/ND-CP and a hawk (Pandion haliaetus).

The Hatinh langur is one of many wild animals released back into their natural habitat. (Photo: baoquangbinh.vn)

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A Scincella truongi Pham lizard (Photo: VNA)

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The event draws crowds of participants. (Photo: NDO)

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