Wildlife Trade News

Entries for April 2015

April 24, 2015

Hanoi: Enhance wildlife conservation through policy reform

On April 23, Vietnam Environment Administration (MONRE) organized the Review Workshop for the project: "Improving the biodiversity conservation through reforming policies and changing the consumption of wild animals in Vietnam" (WLC project). The WLC project, which is financed by Global environmenta...

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April 23, 2015

Nghe An: released some rare animals to the wild

On April 23, Pu Mat National Park released 6 rare animals including: 1 leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), 1  Indochinese Box Turtles (Cuora galbinifrons), 2 impressed tortoise (Impressed tortoise), 2 stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides).[VN]

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April 22, 2015

UAE: Dubai Police hand over 300kg of illegal ivory for destruction

Dubai Police handed over a shipment of 84 pieces of illegal ivory weighing a total of 300kg to the Ministry of Environment and Water so it would destroy them. Brigadier Ali Atiq Bin Lahej, Director of the General Department of Airport Security at Dubai Police, said that the shipment was intercepted ...

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