The film, the second the ENV has made this year, has been aired on 50 central and local television channels. It illustrates how the organisation handles a violation report received via the hotline.

The short film illustrates how the organisation handles a violation report received via the hotline.

ENV Vice Director Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung said that the community is the key force in wildlife protection efforts in each locality. By just one call, each people can contribute to preventing violations and protecting the wildlife, she stressed.

According to Dung, since the hotline was put into use in 2005, it has received more than 24,000 reports of wildlife violations, helping authorities to seize tonnes of wild animals and products.

Each day, the ENV gets about 10 reports from the community via the hotline. Last year, thanks to the reports, nearly 1,000 wild animals that were illegally caged and traded were rescued, she added.

Cuc Phuong National Park rescues large number of wild animals

The Cuc Phuong National Park in the northern province of Ninh Binh said on January 10 that the unit had just rescued a large number of wild animals including 6 species of turtles, masked palm civet, Chinese Water Dragon, and pangolin in Da Nang city and Quang Tri province in the central region.

Farmers in mountainous district earn over 6 billion VND per year from wild honey

(BGO) – The Son Dong Organic Honey Bee Cooperative (Son Dong district, Bac Giang province) was established in 2014 with only 29 members, but now its members have increased to 44. In 2020, the amount of honey collected reached 120 tonnes, fetching 6.5 billion VND (286,150 USD). Its members has an average income of 3-5 million VND per month, even some earn 10 million VND per month.

Rescued endangered pangolin released back into the wild

An endangered pangolin (Manis Javanica), rescued by local residents living on Cham Islands, has been returned to the wild.

A wildlife kingdom in the Central Highlands

Surrounded by green pine forests, Bidoup Nui Ba National Park in Lam Dong Province, famed for trekking and overnight camping, hosts hundreds of fauna and thousands of flora species.

Vietnamese wildlife conservationist gets 'Green Nobel' prize

A man who has devoted his life to protecting pangolins, the world's most trafficked mammal, is among six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize.

Source: VNA