Some products with their origin subject to warnings by Czech authorities displayed at the workshop. (Photo: VNA) At the event co-held by the Czech Ministry of the Environment and the Czech -Vietnam education centre in Prague, the Customs Administration of theCzech Republic detailed regulations on goods hailing from Vietnam.
Accordingly, the Czech Republic has tightened control of goods,gifts, food, nutritional supplements, and traditional medicine made from rareanimals and plants brought into the European country.
In his opening remarks, CzechDeputy Minister of the Environment Vladimir Dolejsky said the eventaimed to gain an insight into the Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) so as to help improve publicawareness of environmental protection and rare animal conservation.
Speakers held that many wild and rarespecies have become extinct in the nature or are currently on the brink ofextinction as a result of climate change, habitat loss, and especially poachingand trafficking.
They noted each wildlife speciesis a contribution to biodiversity and natural balance, thereby helping toprevent natural disasters. The disappearance of a species will break thebalance of nature and lead to subsequent impacts on other species, includinghumans.
Participants proposed severalsolutions for conserving endangered species and biodiversity, includingpreventing wildlife trafficking and minimising human-caused environmentaldestruction./.
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