Conversations on Vietnam Development
18/03/2015 10:28 GMT+7
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| Sếu đầu đỏ tại khu bảo tồn Anlung Pring, Campuchia – Ảnh: Thanh Nhã |
Trong khi sếu đầu đỏ đang vắng bóng dần ở các khu bảo tồn tại VN thì cách Hà Tiên (Kiên Giang) khoảng 30km, khu bảo tồn Anlung Pring (huyện Kampong Trach, tỉnh Kampot, Campuchia) lại đang thu hút những đàn sếu đầu đỏ quay về. Tiếp tục đọc “Đến Campuchia xem sếu đầu đỏ”
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”
Updated August, 15 2015 12:00:00
This will be happening because of an agreement between Viet Nam government agencies and an international environmental organisation.
It will mean that more work will be done to help guards who protect the forests from people wishing to destroy them and the creatures that live in them.
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| A red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is caught by a biologist in the natural reserve in Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang City. – Photos courtesy of the Frankfurt Zoological Society in Viet Nam |
DA NANG — The Viet Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) and the Frankfurt Zoological Society in Viet Nam have inked a five-year conservation plan.
The agreement covers strengthening of the management and supervision of biodiversity in national parks and natural reserves in the Central and Central Highlands regions. Tiếp tục đọc “Good news for forest animals”
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