Kien Giang says no to illegal use of wild animals

Dr. Tran Van Thang, Deputy Director of U Minh Thuong National Park, said that the unit is asking for a policy to implement a series of activities "Kien Giang Province says no to illegal use of wild animals".

Accordingly, U Minh Thuong National Park and the Wildlife Conservation Center in Vietnam will coordinate to implement wildlife conservation activities and protect forest resources in 2024 - 2025. Strengthen law enforcement, improve capacity and effectiveness of inter-sectoral coordination in preventing hunting and wildlife trafficking in Kien Giang province. Implement the campaign "Kien Giang Province says no to illegal use of wild animals".

Specific activities will be implemented such as organizing a workshop to launch the campaign "Kien Giang province says no to illegal wildlife use". Develop an action plan to strengthen law enforcement and combat illegal hunting and wildlife trafficking in Kien Giang province.

U Minh Thuong National Park coordinates with U Minh Thuong District People's Committee to sign a commitment "No illegal trading, storing, or processing of wild animals" with food and restaurant businesses in the area. Coordinate with the authorities of communes in the buffer zone of U Minh Thuong National Park to organize seminars, cultural exchanges and community activities, integrating propaganda content to raise awareness. In addition, enhance the participation of the community in wildlife conservation.

Deploy a system of legal propaganda signs about not hunting, trapping, and trading illegal wildlife and propaganda signs refusing to use and consume wildlife products at main roads into the forest, central locations, and tourist destinations in the above communes.

Along with propaganda activities, we will strengthen law enforcement, prevent and reduce illegal hunting, trading and use of wild animals, with the goal of building Kien Giang province to become one of the pioneering units in the country in not using illegal wildlife.