Encouraging people to avoid using products from wild animals in Vietnam

The detection and settlement of wildlife crimes in Vietnam have recoded strides over the last five years.

although the legal system on the conservation and sustainable development of wild animals has been gradually completed, wildlife-related violations remain complex in some localities, posing higher extinction risks to many wild species in the nature and negatively affecting ecological balance, human health, and Vietnam’s prestige in the world.

Vietnam has operated a free hotline for wild animal protection to receive people’s information about illegal wildlife trafficking, hunting, transport, and storage.

In the time ahead, the organisation will maintain this hotline and boost communications to raise public awareness of the issue and thus, reduce demand for wildlife products.

All relevant agencies must exert more efforts in raising the success rate of handling wildlife violations this year, and asked people to not use wildlife products but report unlawful activities through the free hotline on wildlife protection on 1800-1522 and email hotline@fpt.vn.

The Fauna & Flora International (FFI) on January 15 announced a decision to recognise Le Van Hien, a member of the community-based preservation group of Kim Bang district of the northern Ha Nam province, as a Disney Conservation Hero by the Disney Conservation Fund.

Strengthening legislation and communications about wildlife protection was the main topic of wild life preservation.

We need to discuss on how national conservation laws could be strengthened to improve enforcement and ways in which communications campaigns could best support wildlife legislation.

Vietnam had made progressive achievements in enacting legal tools to end wildlife trafficking.

There is a need for improvement in some legal frameworks and policies. The National Assembly supports these efforts and encourages government leaders at all levels to come together to counter wildlife crime.

Wildlife trade monitor network TRAFFIC on December 10 launched a three-year social marketing programme with an aim to reduce demand for tiger products in Vietnam.

Vietnam has the power to make a huge impact on the future of tigers. This project will not only work to discourage tiger product consumption, but it will also seek to facilitate the country’s leadership on global conservation issues.

By reaching the targeted demographic of mostly affluent air travellers with our tailored campaign messages, we expect to achieve demand-reduction results.

the hunting and consumption of migratory birds has become serious in several parts of the country over recent years, damaging biodiversity and the environment, presenting a risk from epidemics, and affecting the delivery on international commitments in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership, to which Vietnam is a member.

illegal wildlife trade is the fourth most lucrative trans-national crime after drug, human and arms trafficking.

It is estimated that the world loses 48-153 billion USD to wildlife trade each year, compared to the annual global official development assistance worth 135 billion USD.