Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga (Source: VNA) She suggested launchingstrategies to curb demand for wildlife products, holding communicationscampaigns to exert influence on consumers’ behaviour and raise public awarenessof the consequences of wildlife hunting and smuggling, refining laws andstrengthening law enforcement to prevent wildlife product purchase, andfostering partnership at both local and global levels in the effort.
The sideline event was co-hostedby the Vietnam Mission and the Missions to the UN of the UK, Botswana,Thailand, Germany and Gabon; the Wildlife Conservation Society; the UN Officeon Drugs and Crime; and the Secretariat of the Convention on InternationalTrade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
This year, World Wildlife Daytook the theme “Listen to the Young Voices” to highlight that the fate ofwildlife will be soon in the hands of the next generations.
UN Secretary General AntonioGuterres called on youngsters to protect their inherited assets by saving endangeredspecies of wild fauna and flora from the verge of extinction.
According to the UN, illegal wildlifetrade is the fourth most lucrative trans-national crime after drug, human andarms trafficking. It is estimated that the world loses 48-153 billion USD towildlife trade each year, compared to the annual global official developmentassistance worth 135 billion USD. -VNA
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