Posts Tagged ‘ The Javan ’

Wildlife SOS sent to HCMC schools 

December 3, 2011
Wildlife SOS sent to HCMC schools 

An image of the Javan Rhino that is believed to extinct in Vietnam. A traveling exhibition to raise awareness of wildlife protection was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, targeting 40 secondary schools with more than 20,000 students and teachers in the city. The “SOS traveling exhibition – Education on wildlife product consumption” [...]

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Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

October 31, 2011
Rhino’s gone. Who’s next? 

  If the current state of zero accountability for wildlife protection continues, other species will follow the rhino to extinction Participants watch projected images including of smuggled rhino horns (R) seized during a press conference on the launch of a rhino population survey report in Vietnam in Hanoi on October 25. A critically endangered species [...]

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Javan rhino extinct in Vietnam; film released online 

October 26, 2011
Javan rhino extinct in Vietnam; film released online 

   A Javan Rhino in Vietnam International conservation organization the WWF has confirmed that the Javan rhino is now extinct in Vietnam; the organization has released an online film explaining the animal’s road to extinction. Javan rhinos were thought to be extinct in mainland Asia until 1988, when a small population was discovered in the [...]

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Vietnam rhino death was a failure on all sides, NGO says 

January 22, 2011
Vietnam rhino death was a failure on all sides, NGO says 

A team of foreign experts examine the site where the dead rhino was found in Cat Tien National Park on April 29 last year. Investigations into the death of rare Javan rhinoceros found in a Central Highlands park last April reveal that Vietnam’s efforts at wildlife protection are insufficient, a World Wildlife Vietnam official said. [...]

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Power plants could spell finis for Cat Tien rhinos

April 24, 2009
Power plants could spell finis for Cat Tien rhinos

Cat Tien National Park faces the risk of losing its last few rhinoceroses, with a proposed hydropower plant set to further shrink their habitat, most of which has already been lost to human encroachment. Pham Huu Khanh, deputy director of the park, said there are only three to five of the mammals left in the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...