Youths encouraged joining wildlife protection activities

Members of the conservation community in Vietnam have called upon youngsters to engage in activities to protect wild animals at high risks of extinction in response to the World Wildlife Day (March 3), according to the Animal Asia.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Members of theconservation community in Vietnam have called upon youngsters to engage in activitiesto protect wild animals at high risks of extinction in response to the WorldWildlife Day (March 3), according to the Animal Asia.

Themed “Listen to the young voices”, the eventaims to encourage young people around the globe to join hands to addressthreats to wildlife, including illegal trade, overexploitation, and habitatloss.

This message has special influence in Vietnamwhere a lot of rare animals such as tigers, elephants, and pangolins are on thebrink of extinction due to poaching activities.

For instance, the Javan rhino was declared tobecome extinct in Vietnam in 2010.

In recent years, Vietnam has exerted everyeffort to improve the legal system and enhance the capacity for law enforcementofficials. However, many things need to be done to stop wildlife crime.

According to the United Nations Population Fund,the Vietnamese adolescents aged 20-24 are making up nearly 40 percent of thenational population.

Manager of the Wildlife Conservation SocietyHoang Bich Thuy said the young generation could make essential changes bysaying no to the purchase or consumption of wildlife products.

The Vietnamese Government hosted aninternational conference on combating wildlife trade at the end of 2016,calling on countries to shake hands to prevent the illegal trade.

The Nature Education Centre and Vietnameseartists are taking part in a campaign to call on South Africa to withdraw theproposal of legalizing rhino horn trade by its government in a bill on February8, 2017, allowing the trade of rhino horns and rhino products.

Deputy Director of the centre Bui Thi Ha saidthe legalization of rhino horn trade will pose a number of difficulties for theenforcement of law in consuming countries.

The move not only goes against the globalefforts to preserve rare wildlife but also speed up the speed of extinction ofrhinos, she added.

The Nature Education Centre called for online registration in the campaign at http://bit.ly/wedontwantyourrhinohorn. - VNA

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