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Webinar seeks ways to end wildlife trafficking, consumption

A webinar was held in the central city of Da Nang on September 30 to seek ways to put an end to wildlife trafficking and consumption, gathering more than 100 delegates, including local officials, and domestic and foreign experts.
Webinar seeks ways to end wildlife trafficking, consumption ảnh 1Participants at the event in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – A webinar was held in the centralcity of Da Nang on September 30 to seek ways to put an end to wildlifetrafficking and consumption, gathering more than 100 delegates, including local officials, and domestic and foreign experts.

Nguyen Thi Kim Ha, Vice Director of the EnvironmentalProtection Division of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said that the seminar aims to find ways to encourage people not to trade andconsume wildlife, while pushing localities to effectively implement policies toprevent and fight illegal trafficking and consumption of wildlife.

According to the organising board, in the past 50 years,the vertebrate population has declined by 68 percent. In Vietnam, many wildlifespecies have faced the risk of extinction due to illegal wildlife trade andconsumption.

In this context, the Vietnamese Government has made greatefforts in wildlife protection, including the promulgation of the new Penal Codewith stricter punishments on possessing and trading in wildlifeand wildlife products.

In Da Nang, various decisions have been given with the aim of protecting anddeveloping the forests and biodiversity and the wildlife, and encourage thecommunity’s involvement in the work.

Vo Van Minh, from Da Nang University, underlined the significanceof education and communications activities on environmental and wildlifeprotection.

Meanwhile, Nguyen Hoai Khuong, from the World Wide Fund forNature (WWF) Vietnam, said that the WWF Vietnam is working with differentpartners to seek new solutions for the preservation activities in the country,focusing on communication measures to reduce the demand for wildlife inVietnam.

Tran Huu Vy, Director of the GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Centre, stressedthe need for joint efforts of the community in wildlife protection, which alsomeans protecting the biodiversity and the earth as a whole.

Within the framework of the webinar, an online photo exhibition has been heldto introduce about 100 photos and video clips on wildlife. The exhibition is open to the public at http://baovedongvathoangda.org until October 8./.
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