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Vietnam
2007
Award
Promoting Public Participation in Protection of Vietnam’s
Wildlife via Education for Nature - Vietnam’s Wildlife Crime
Hotline
Project Site Location Vietnam
Background - Problems Addressed and Policy Responses
The illegal trade in wildlife in Vietnam is an emerging issue
due to growing demand for wildlife products, such as
traditional medicines and food soaked in alcohol and pets,
itself caused by a trend in society’s association of wildlife
products as status symbols.
Project Outline - Objectives and Activities
The Wildlife Crime Hotline enables the public to be actively
Public bus advertisement depicting wildlife
crime
engaged in the protection of wildlife and is used to report on suspected crimes involving wildlife via a free
hotline. Those reporting are kept up-to-date with cases. Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) has made
efforts in educating the public on wildlife protection, and in establishing the Wildlife Protection Volunteer
Network and Mobile Wildlife Crimes Unit for investigating wildlife crimes.
2009
2008
2006 2007
Impacts and Achievements
The number of wildlife crimes has decreased since 2005. The number of reports received by the Hotline
rose by 42% in its second year, and from 2005 to 2006, 383 crimes had been logged, 314 of which were
resolved. Punishments start with a warning issued by ENV staff or the authorities, then, for example,
confiscation of animals and loss of the business license. The impacts can be measured by the number of
successful cases and use of the Hotline. Public awareness campaigns and university events have attracted
youth, some of whom are involved in the Wildlife Protection Volunteer Network.
Future Challenges
Challenges are; 1) creation of a guideline that can effectively implement the law and elucidate the
interpretation of the articles of the Biodiversity Law; 2) government involvement through law enforcement
that includes the confiscation of wildlife from illegal owners and the prosecution of owners involved in the
wildlife black market; and 3) capacity development of volunteers and inspectors for identifying legal and
illegal species and for conveying the potential criminal implications to the related parties.
General Information
Name of the Implementing Organisation:
Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV)
Type of Organisation: NGO/CBO
Contact: Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung, Programme Director
No 2/C5 tap the dai hoc Ngoai thuong, pho Chua Lang, Dong Da, Ha Noi, Vietnam
P.O Box 222 Ha Noi, Vietnam
Tel: (+84) 4 775 3685 Fax: (+84) 4 775 3686 E-mail: dung.env@fpt.vn
Project Reviewer (NetRes / Collaborators) that monitors the project:
Ikuyo Kikusawa, Kitakyushu Urban Centre, IGES
E-mail: kikusawa@iges.or.jp
Area
Climate Change 3R Biodiversity & Ecosystem Water Capacity Development etc. Others
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