Bracelets made from elephant tusks sold publicly - Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Nature Education Centre recentlyannounced the findings of a programme on the assessment of the spread ofwildlife violations in 42 districts of nine provinces and cities with theinvolvement of 12,840 trading establishments, in an effort to ease thephenomenon.
The programme, which was started in 2013, found that Can Thocity in the Mekong Delta detected the highest rate of violation, 16 percent, and HoChi Minh City and Thua Thien – Hue province the lowest, with respectively 8percent and 7 percent. It is noteworthy that Hanoi authorities successfullydealt with violation cases with the highest rate – 65 percent.
Violations include advertisements and trade, the illegal keepingor storing of wild animals and their parts. All violations will be updated on adatabase in this field.
Deputy director of the centre Bui Thi Ha said her officeconducts the surveys and assessments periodically and the reports on thefindings serve as a mechanism that provide information to local leadingofficials on the work in their localities. The centre hopes local People’sCommittees to continue strengthening the work to ensure that no establishmentsviolate the ban on the trade of wild animals.-VNA
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