OTHER NEWS
US provides US$10 million for Vietnam’s fight against wildlife trade
24 November 2016 | 11:42:00 AM
The US Agency for International Development will fund a US$10 million project on preserving rare species through reducing demand for illegal wildlife products.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius announces the project. (Source: courtesy of USAID)
US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius announced the project at a round-table talk on innovative partnership in fighting illegal wildlife trade held in Hanoi on November 18.
The project will be implemented over five years with the goal of reducing the consumption demand for illegal wildlife products and enhance law enforcement and judgment capacity in dealing with wildlife-related crimes.
It will also help with perfecting Vietnam’s legal framework for fighting wildlife-related crimes.
Global crimes related to wildlife are growing rapidly and have reached crisis level at the moment. At the present rate, many experts predicted that some species such as rhinoceros, elephants and tigers will disappear from the planet in the next decade.
The illegal trade of wildlife species has grown transnational, threatening national security and creating conditions for the spread of infectious diseases.
(VNA)
Views: 2813
Other news
Nha Trang Bay turtle egg-laying area proposed (27/10/2022 07:46:AM )
Wild elephant appears near Nghe An tourist spot (27/08/2022 08:07:AM )
Dak Lak Province authorities look for ways to protect the region's elephant number (11/08/2022 08:18:AM )
Ninh Binh national park receives more rare animals (04/06/2022 08:13:AM )
World Meteorological Day 2022 stresses role of early warning, early action (24/03/2022 09:11:AM )
Climate change set as Vietnam-US strategic cooperation area (02/03/2022 07:26:AM )
“Art for the environment” event launched in Hoi An (22/02/2022 08:47:AM )
Railway through Central of Vietnam listed among six amazing Asia train journeys (19/01/2022 07:55:AM )
National strategy aims to provide clean water to rural residents by 2030 (06/01/2022 08:56:AM )