Related news from: illegal animal trade

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  Authorities to tackle online trade of endangered species

  (15:46:49 PM 22/04/2013)

  Vietnam is looking to the Internet for effective solutions to prevent wild animal trafficking as over 33 websites in the country are found to host the illegal trade of 108 wild animal species.

  Tags: Authority, trade, CITES, endangered specie, Legal Department, WCS, wild animal
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  Viet Nam’s illegal bear trade persisting more than a decade after ban imposed

  (18:26:40 PM 17/11/2016)

  Hanoi, Viet Nam, 17 November 2016— TRAFFIC’s research finds the illegal market for bears, bear parts and derivatives in Viet Nam is still strong, with only a moderate decline in open availability following the introduction of legislation to ban their sale in 2006.

  Tags: Viet Nam’s, illegal, bear, trade, persisting , more, than , decade , after , imposed
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  Website launched to help identify endangered animals

  (14:39:53 PM 06/08/2013)

  Education for Nature-Viet Nam has launched a new website that will help people identify rare wild animals being targeted by the illegal animal trade.

  Tags: Website, identify endangered animals, illegal animal trade, global wildlife trade, Dak Nong, wildlife farms,
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  New technology to combat illegal wildlife trade launched in Vietnam

  (17:09:49 PM 12/05/2015)

  WildScan, an endangered species identification and response mobile phone application, was launched in Vietnam yesterday to provide local law enforcement officials with an effective tool to combat wildlife trafficking.

  Tags: New technology, combat, illegal , wildlife , trade launched, ietnam,
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  Online wild animal trading still out of control in Vietnam

  (15:16:46 PM 26/07/2013)

  The illegal trading of rare animals online has become more popular in Vietnam and is now out of control.

  Tags: Online trading, rare animals, rhino horn, tiger paste, elephant ivory,
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  Viet Nam must tackle rhino horn trade or face sanctions

  (19:40:13 PM 16/09/2016)

  With the rhino poaching crisis showing no signs of abating, Viet Nam must crack down on its rampant illegal rhino horn trade or face sanctions, WWF said ahead of a critically important wildlife trade conference next week in South Africa.

  Tags: Viet Nam, must, tackle, rhino, horn, trader, oface , sanctions
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  Viet Nam hosts conference on illegal wildlife trade

  (16:15:49 PM 25/03/2014)

  Domestic and foreign experts and policy-makers joined a conference to discuss global solutions to transnational wildlife trafficking yesterday in Ha Noi. The conference was hosted by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Viet Nam.

  Tags: Vietnam, conference, illegal, wildlife, trade
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  Poachers prosecuted for killing langurs

  (14:31:51 PM 15/04/2015)

  Ngu Hanh Son's Forest Protection Department has decided to prosecute a criminal case for the illegal killing three Red-Shanked Doucs (Pygathryx nemaeus), an animal listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

  Tags: Poachers, prosecuted, killing, langurs,
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  Rhino horn demand in Vietnam drops by more than 33% in one year

  (15:33:43 PM 18/10/2014)

  Efforts to curb the deadly trade in rhino horn appear to be gaining traction, with a poll finding that demand for the animal part in Vietnam has dropped by more than a third over the past year.

  Tags: Rhino, horn, demand, Vietnam , drops, one year
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  Germany among top trade partners

  (10:10:02 AM 13/10/2014)

  VGP – Germany is one of Viet Nam’s top trade partners in the Europe, with the two-way trade value reaching US$7.7 billion in 2013, up 18% against the previous year.

  Tags: Germany, top, trade, partners
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  Vietnam addresses wildlife consumption

  (07:52:46 AM 25/10/2014)

  Vietnam is currently focussing on law enforcement and awareness raising campaigns to reduce the illegal trade and consumption of wildlife, a senior official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

  Tags: Vietnam, addresses, wildlife, consumption, rare animal, rhino
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  Frenchman’s call for animal protection

  (14:59:43 PM 15/11/2014)

  Leopold Vincent spends his time on meals in a completely different way. He lives all alone, but the middle-aged Frenchman prepares a lot of food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food is not only for himself or his guests, but also for 40 cats and one dog he is taking care of.

  Tags: Frenchman’s, call, animal, protection, Vietnam, cat
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  Wild animal restaurants located next to Cuc Phuong National Park

  (10:52:58 AM 21/01/2015)

  Wild animal meat is being sold at luxury restaurants and low-roofed street shops near the Cuc Phuong National Park area.

  Tags: Vietnam, wildlife, restaurants,
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  Strange animal report turns out false

  (10:20:33 AM 09/03/2015)

  The story about a man living in the Binh Xuyen district of the northern province of Vinh Phuc capturing a creature thought to be a rare Japanese frogfish turns out to be a hoax.

  Tags: Vinh Phuc, Strange animal, facebook
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  End sought to illegal logging

  (22:21:40 PM 27/10/2012)

  Environmental experts have called for an end to forest wood exploitation in Viet Nam after it emerged that 2012 plans for tree regeneration will fall well short of targets.

  Tags: sought, illegal , logging
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  Vendors at Tax trade center in shock

  (16:57:55 PM 20/08/2014)

  Shop owners at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Tax Trade Center say news that they have to move out of the venue came as suddenly as lightning, leaving them with little time, and huge pains, in following the order.

  Tags: Tax Trade center, shutdown, vendors