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NGOs and businesses cooperate to promote community forest management in Cambodia

June 8, 2020
To Bich Ngoc
News

During the 3rd quarter of 2019 and the first 6 months of 2020, Birdlife International - Cambodia Program (Birdlife Cambodia) in cooperation with PanNature and Krongbuk Ratanakiri Rubber Company (KRRC) organized a series of events on awareness raising, learning exchange, consultation and capacity building on community forest management for three villages Chan, Chouy and Kanat in Taveng and Andong Meas districts, Ratanakiri province, Cambodia. These are three villages of ethnic minorities Kreung and Kachok living adjacent to the Phnom Torntang forest which is located inside the rubber plantation area of Krongbuk Ratanakiri Rubber Company.

Calling for Cancelation of The Proposed Sanakham Project

On 2 June, Save the Mekong Coalition (StM) has issued a statement to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and governments in the lower Mekong region, calling for the Sanakham and other planned Mekong mainstream dams to be canceled. The Mekong…

Be a Cool Vietnam Explorer

May 31, 2020
To Bich Ngoc
News

Tourism used to be called a “smokeless” industry. However, this does not mean that tourism has no impact on the ecosystem.

Reporters break forests news that stop illegal logging

Media coverage on forest governance has inspired Vietnamese authorities to take action to stop illegal logging and deforestation.

Should ‘wet markets’ be banned?

Mr. Trinh Le Nguyen, PanNature's Executive Director was joining Al Jazeera News's online panel discussing wildlife trade and control measures in Vietnam. Coronavirus pandemic leads to growing calls to ban markets where many people buy fresh meat and vegetables. Scientists…

PanNature joined global effort to stop wildlife trade

April 24, 2020
Nguyen Thuy Hang
News

PanNature has endorsed the petition to call national governments worldwide to act for a permanent end to the commercial trade and sale in markets where terrestrial wild animals are sold for consumption. The Coalition to End the Trade was…

Dr. Dao Trong Hung, PanNature’s Board Chairman, passes away

April 24, 2020
Nguyen Thuy Hang
News

We are profoundly saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Dao Trong Hung, who was chairman of the Governance Board of PanNature. He died on 23 April 2020 at the age of 67. Dr. Hung has been an active supporter…

Billion-dollar wildlife industry in Vietnam under assault as law drafted to halt trading

Move will hopefully curb vast wildlife trade from farm, street markets, and online traders Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has asked the country’s agriculture ministry to draft a directive to stop illegal trading and consumption of wildlife over fears…

Vietnam considers wildlife trade ban in response to coronavirus pandemic

Last month, conservation organizations sent an open letter to Vietnam’s prime minister recommending action against the wildlife trade as a means of preventing future outbreaks of disease, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In response, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc…

Vietnam to ban wildlife trade following conservationists’ demand

The government has paid heed to a plea by conservationists to ban wildlife trade and consumption. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to "quickly" draft a directive to ban these activities and submit…