09:14, October 19, 2023
In order to implement Directive No. 04/CT-TTg dated May 17, 2022 of the Prime Minister on a number of urgent tasks and solutions to conserve wild and migratory birds in Vietnam, especially during the annual migratory bird season and in response to International Migratory Bird Day (October 14, 2023), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment recently issued an official dispatch requesting ministries, branches and localities to direct and implement a number of related contents to contribute to the conservation of wild and migratory birds in Vietnam.
Currently, more than 900 bird species have been recorded in our country, of which 99 species need conservation attention, 10 are critically endangered, 17 are endangered, 24 are vulnerable and 48 are near threatened. Vietnam is identified as one of the most important areas in the network of migratory bird routes and endemic bird species with 63 globally important bird areas and 7 endemic bird areas.
Wild and migratory bird areas such as National Parks: Xuan Thuy (Nam Dinh), Tram Chim (Dong Thap), Mui Ca Mau (Ca Mau)... have created important natural values of Vietnam.
Indochina alone has 49 endemic bird species, while Vietnam has 33 species; of which 10 are endemic species found only in Vietnam.
However, according to professional agencies, Vietnam has 868 bird species, of which 109 species need conservation attention, 11 are critically endangered, 19 are endangered, 28 are vulnerable and 50 are threatened.
Up to now, many species of wild and migratory birds have been included in the list of endangered, precious and rare species that are prioritized for protection and management according to the provisions of law, such as red-crowned cranes, spoon-billed storks, spoon-billed sandpipers, etc.
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| The Prime Minister issued urgent instructions on the conservation of wild and migratory birds in Vietnam. ( Illustrative photo). |
Media agencies should increase the coverage and broadcasting of messages, reports, propaganda bulletins, and dissemination of the Prime Minister's directives and legal documents on the conservation of wild and migratory birds in Vietnam. Officials, civil servants, workers, and citizens should not participate in hunting, capturing, buying, selling, transporting, slaughtering, consuming, storing, or advertising wild and migratory birds illegally; and should not buy individual birds to release them because this is an act of assisting in illegal hunting and trapping of wild birds.
Law enforcement agencies such as forest rangers, customs, market management, and police should strengthen inter-sectoral coordination to regularly inspect and examine restaurants, businesses, wild bird markets, key areas, and ringleaders of hunting, capturing, trading, transporting, and consuming wild and migratory birds.
Law enforcement agencies shall strictly handle acts of illegal hunting, shooting, trapping, capturing, slaughtering, transporting, trading, processing, and storing of wild and migratory birds; and implement measures to prevent diseases originating from wild and migratory birds.
The Hung
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