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Chuyên mục: Bảo tồn sinh vật hoang dã – Wild life preservation
Pollution alarm sounded as sea cucumbers stranded on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island
TUOI TRE NEWS
Updated : 09/21/2015 11:52 GMT + 7
Dead sea cucumbers are seen on the seashore on Phu Quoc Island, off Kien Giang Province, located in southern Vietnam.
Thousands of sea cucumbers were washed up on the beach of Phu Quoc Island over the weekend, raising concern among experts that the ecosystem of the famous Vietnamese tourist destination is at risk of severe pollution.
On Saturday, locals and visitors were surprised to see thousands of the marine animals pushed ashore and fill the beach on Phu Quoc, a district administered by the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. Tiếp tục đọc “Pollution alarm sounded as sea cucumbers stranded on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island”
Large-scale illegal trade in hundreds of wild-collected ornamental plants in Southeast Asia
Date:September 14, 2015
Source:National University of Singapore
Sciencedaily – Southeast Asia is a widely recognised centre of illegal wildlife trade — both as the source region for species ranging from seahorses to tigers, and as a global consumer of ivory carvings, wild pets, and traditional Chinese medicinal products.
While there are mounting efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade, including within Singapore to reduce demand for wildlife products, the illegal trade in some species still remains undocumented.
Associate Professor Edward L. Webb, from the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and NUS PhD graduate Dr Jacob Phelps, have uncovered a previously little recognised Southeast Asian wildlife trade — the illegal sale of wild-collected ornamental plants, especially orchids.
Their findings were recently published in the journal Biological Conservation in June 2015.
Uncovering the “invisible” orchid trade
The researchers conducted extensive surveys of wildlife markets across Thailand, including border markets with Laos and Myanmar, and identified more than 400 species of ornamental plants in illegal trade — species widely prized by plant enthusiasts for their beauty, fragrance and/or rarity. Over 80% of these plants traded at the markets are wild orchids. Some of these were even listed in published literature as threatened. Tiếp tục đọc “Large-scale illegal trade in hundreds of wild-collected ornamental plants in Southeast Asia”
Trading parts of endangered animals goes rampant in Vietnam
Updated : 08/31/2015 10:54 GMT + 7
Parts of endangered animals including tigers, panthers, bears and antelopes have been blatantly traded in Vietnam at exorbitant prices, as these items appeal to a large clientele who believe in their purported medicinal properties and feng shui effects or simply use them as decorative objects.
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Rings trafficking and processing organs of wild animals, particularly those teetering on the verge of extinction, have done good business and reaped whopping profits, according to a recent Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper investigation. Tiếp tục đọc “Trading parts of endangered animals goes rampant in Vietnam”
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