Hanoi, September 6, 2023 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released the Prosecution Review: Wildlife Trafficking Cases in Vietnam 2022, a reviewof the performance of Vietnam’s criminal justice system in dealing with wildlife trafficking cases in 2022.
Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) released its latest Public Service Announcement (PSA), “Reporting to the ENV Hotline: 1800-1522”. It is an animation, beginning with a member of a public seeing live wildlife illegally in captivity, and ending with the animal being safely relocated to a sanctuary.
Hanoi, October 19, 2022 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has once again released The Law Enforcement Responsiveness Report, which has highlighted actions taken by authorities in response to wildlife crime reports in the 62 provinces that received publicly reported crimes (excluding only Bac Lieu) in 2021
Hanoi, November 1, 2022 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released their 52nd Public Service Announcement (PSA) to date, depicting the health risks posed by dining in a restaurant where questionable wildlife meat is served and urging the public to avoid such establishments, thereby helping to avoid another global pandemic.
Hanoi, November 6, 2022 – Yesterday, Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), in collaboration with event organizers, Sporting Republic, hosted the 7th Hanoi Half Marathon “Run for Wildlife” at Ciputra Hanoi International City. This event was specifically aimed at encouraging the public not to consume traditional medicines (TM) made from wild animal parts.
Hanoi, December 23, 2022 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released their 53rd Public Service Announcement (PSA) to date, ‘Ditzy Man’ as a friendly reminder to every citizen in Vietnam that wildlife is protected by law and violations might face serious consequences.
Hanoi, March 28, 2023 – Today, Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV) released a Public Service Announcement (PSA) challenging the belief that elephant ivory is a symbol of luxury and good fortune. African elephants are frequently poached for their tusks to meet demand in China and Vietnam, and this PSA strives to reduce demand for such products through promoting greater awareness and presenting ivory jewelry as something ugly and harmful to elephants.
Hanoi, June 30, 2023 – Today, Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) released their 55th Public Service Announcement (PSA) to date, this time bringing attention to the illegal hunting, trade, and advertising that is threatening the survival of marine turtles.
Hanoi, August 10, 2023 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released the CWT (combatting wildlife trafficking) Responsiveness and Performance Report 2022, an independent evaluation of the performance of law enforcement agencies in dealing with publicly reported wildlife crime in Vietnam.
ENV is pleased to release our first newsletter in 2022, offering you all the key updates from the first quarter of this year. Our Wildlife Watch newsletter provides statistics, stories, events, and key wildlife trade developments which took place from January to March.
ENV launched a new outreach event focused on encouraging the public not to use traditional medicine (TM) made from wildlife. The new event is the first of many that will be held in major cities throughout Vietnam in the coming year. Volunteers from ENV’s Hanoi Wildlife Protection Club hosted the event, held at Lotte Mart Ba Dinh, Hanoi.
Today, nine bears were transferred from the farms and facilities of three bear owners in Binh Duong province, Vietnam. This event marks the culmination of years of collaboration by ENV, the authorities, bear owners, and other NGOs, including World Animal Protection and Four Paws, who are joint members of our Vietnam Bear Coalition.
ENV has secured the first-ever confiscation of a caracal from Vietnam’s illegal wildlife trade! Caracals are medium-sized carnivorous wild cats indigenous to central Asia and Africa. This caracal was being kept as an illegal exotic “pet” in Hanoi when it was reported to ENV.
Today, Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has just released the newest Public Service Announcement (PSA), Safer with Science, which drives home the fact that Vietnam is moving towards a future that chooses modern medicine over wildlife products.
Have you ever wondered how ENV handles a wildlife crime case from beginning to end? Well, look no further! Our newest film, The Women Fighting Wildlife Crime in Vietnam, highlights exactly how our team turns public reports into prison sentences.
Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has just released its newest Public Service Announcement (PSA), “When Rhinos Lose Their Face, Consumers Lose Face Too” a short film that emphasizes how respect is earned through honorable acts, not by trying to impress others with rhino horn.
On June 26, 2024, Thanh Hoa provincial authorities responded to a publicly reported crime via the ENV Wildlife Crime Hotline and confiscated two macaques from a YouTuber who had been illegally keeping these monkeys for the purpose of using these animals as entertainers on his YouTube channel.
Hanoi, September 17, 2024 – Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) released their 58th Public Service Announcement (PSA), titled “Religious release of wildlife: Kindness or Karma?” The PSA addresses the urgent issue of turtle sales for religious releases, urging the public to bring good luck and positive karma for themselves and turtles by halting the practice of releasing turtles, most of which are taken from the wild.
Hanoi, October 22, 2024 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) hosted the “Ending Bear Farming in Vietnam: The Road to Victory” press conference in Hanoi, to reflect on and celebrate significant milestones in the journey towards ending bear bile farming in Vietnam. Nineteen years ago, in 2005, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in a joint effort with World Animal Protection (WAP), launched a groundbreaking initiative to phase out bear bile farming in Vietnam. As part of this campaign, MARD issued Decision 02/2005/QD-BNN, requiring the registration and microchipping of all captive bears for identification. Any new bears […]
