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EDUCATING VIETNAM’S YOUTH ON WILDLIFE TRADE


Environmental Panorama
International
September of 2006

20 Sep 2006 - Hanoi, Vietnam – As part of an awareness-raising campaign to address unsustainable wildlife consumption, WWF and TRAFFIC have launched an exhibition on wildlife trade for schools in Vietnam.

The travelling exhibition — consisting of a variety of interactive and audio visual displays that educates students about the impacts of the illegal trade in plants and animals and the importance of wildlife conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources — will tour over 45 secondary schools in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, until March 2007.

“This exhibition is a unique and exciting experience that will change the way children think in relation to the consumption of wildlife and wildlife products,” said TRAFFIC Indochina Representative Sulma Warne. “As the young generation of today represents the future of tomorrow, the shaping of their attitudes towards sustainable consumption of wildlife is very important.”

In addition to land clearance and degradation, the illegal trade and consumption of wildlife and wildlife products are increasingly being recognized as one the most significant threats to biodiversity, not only in Vietnam, but the wider region as well. It is estimated that the international trade in wild species of fauna and flora is worth billions of dollars a year, involving a diverse range of plants and animals.

In Vietnam, local demand for wildlife and wildlife products for food and traditional medicines — especially derived from rare species such as tigers, rhinos, pangolins, primates, bears, marine turtles, freshwater turtles and orchids — is growing.

Results of a recent TRAFFIC survey on wildlife consumption in Hanoi showed that nearly 50 per cent of the city’s residents have used products derived from wild animals. Food accounts for 82 per cent of the consumption, followed by 50 per cent for traditional medicines.

“Rapid economic development in Vietnam has translated itself into increased levels of personal wealth and with it a growing demand for natural resources, including wildlife and wildlife products,” Warne said.

“The survey has shown that many people in Hanoi are not only unaware that the consumption of threatened species is illegal in Vietnam, but that it is also detrimental to the country’s biodiversity.”

Concerned about the rapid disappearance of many of Vietnam’s plants and animals species, TRAFFIC, WWF and the Vietnamese government have implement a project — A matter of attitude: Reducing consumption of wildlife products in Hanoi, Vietnam — aimed at helping to reduce consumption of wildlife products in the country, as well as changing the attitudes of consumers of wildlife and wildlife products.

“The wildlife exhibition is an important part of this project,” added Eric Coull, WWF’s Greater Mekong Representative. “An exhibit like this should circulate to each and every school throughout the country as an extremely effective means of educating the youth of today about the importance of safeguarding Vietnam’s natural resource base for future generations.”

In addition to school education, other project activities include the production and broadcasting of public service announcements for television, a media awareness campaign and the establishment of a hotline for reporting wildlife trade crimes in Hanoi.

END NOTES:

• TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, is a joint programme of WWF and IUCN-the World Conservation Union.

• The WWF-TRAFFIC project — A matter of attitude: Reducing consumption of wildlife products in Hanoi, Vietnam — is supported by the government of Vietnam and funded by the Danish International Development Agency.
Hoang Thi Minh Hong, Communications Manager

 
 

Source: WWF – World Wildlife Foundation International (http://www.wwf.org)
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