May 14, 2011
'Extinct' River Terrapin (Batagur baska) was recently discovered in the Suoi Tien Park by a wildlife expert Rare giant river turtle, thought to be extinct in Vietnam, has been discovered in a Ho Chi Minh City theme park, VietNamNet newswire reported Tuesday. Â River Terrapin (Batagur baska), listed in the “critically endangered” International Union for [...]
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May 2, 2011
Poaching, habitat encroachment could push pachyderms to extinction in Vietnam very soon, experts warn Beckham, the elephant, was found dead in Da Lat last Sunday. Vietnam’s Asian elephant population may be wiped out in the next decade if rampant poaching and habitat loss are not addressed, conservationists say. The most recent killing of an [...]
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March 30, 2011
A flyer, posted on the Hanoi Backpacker's Hostel bulletin board, advertising a daily tour to Le Mat Village Last Sunday, in Hanoi’s Old quarter, a young, blue-eyed Australian backpacker sat cradling his head in his hands and complaining of a hangover. He said he’d had a wild night and produced a small digital camera from [...]
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January 22, 2011
Le Van Liem, a member of HCMC's first-ever wildlife investigation team. The ranger squad was founded more than three years ago and has helped tackle wildlife trafficking rings in the city Founded more than three years ago with just three members, Ho Chi Minh City’s first forest ranger team devoted to wildlife has proven to [...]
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January 22, 2011
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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January 16, 2011
A Ho Chi Minh City resident was sentenced to two years in jail for selling wildlife to rich people for using as tonics, VnExpress said Friday. The indictment said that since 2004, Ho Ngoc Hue, 57, had purchased wildlife from various unknown sources to sell to people and restaurants for soaking in wine and [...]
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December 24, 2010
Urban youth turn out for foreign-run conservation competitions Hoang Thi Thanh Thuy (L) displays her award-winning photo at the British Council’s “How Green Is Your City?” photography contest Nguyen Thanh Bich wants you to leave your motorbike at home for just one day out of the week. Sunday is such good a day to [...]
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December 12, 2010
Vietnamese catfish producers and European importers are demanding the World Wildlife Fund re-evaluate its red-listing of the hugely popular export item A worker catches tra fish at a fish farm in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam Local catfish producers and government officials are calling a recent analysis of Vietnam’s most popular farmed fish “incorrect” [...]
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December 7, 2010
Smuggled wildlife animals being confiscated by Vietnamese authorities. Key international and national organizations met in Hanoi on Thursday in a summit designed to bolster co-operation in tackling the illegal trans-boundary wildlife trade. The two-day workshop brought together Vietnamese and international enforcement agencies to discuss enforcement challenges and strategies, according to wildlife trade monitor network TRAFFIC [...]
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November 27, 2010
Tiger skin displayed for sale in Myanmar, where trade in the animals has reached crisis levels. Conservationists say the densely forested corridor between Thailand and Myanmar is the most crucial conservation zone in the greater Mekong Region. A global summit on wild tigers wrapped up in Russia Wednesday, when all of the participating nations agreed [...]
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