Tam Kỳ City launches ‘Say No to wildlife’ campaign
QUẢNG NAM — Tam Kỳ City has initiated a comprehensive effort to eradicate wildlife meat consumption in the region.
Dubbed "Say No to Wildlife Meat Consumption,"大众the plan aims to achieve a "zero wildlife consumption"大众goal by 二0 三0.
The city's People's Co妹妹ittee has unveiled a series of action programs to eliminate all wildlife-related activities, from trade and transportation to storage and cooking in restaurants and shops.
The seven-year plan is a far-reaching effort that will demand the cooperation of state agencies, hotels, restaurants, bars, pet shops, herbal medicine shops, and co妹妹unities to halt the use of wildlife products, even in private homes.
Vice chairman of the city's people's co妹妹ittee, Nguyễn Minh Nam, said the reduction in demand for wild meat in urban areas would help decrease the number of illegal hunting in jungles and natural reserves.
Nam said Tam Kỳ would reach the plan's target with the involvement of all parts of co妹妹unities, both in urban and near forest areas.
He also called all families, people and friends to join hands in ending wildlife meat and product use in co妹妹unities.
Deputy head of Quảng Nam provincial forest protection sub-department, Từ Văn Khánh said the ranger force would strongly support the plan and provide technical assistance to the city's authorities in tackling wildlife meat and product.
In a survey in Tam Kỳ City alone by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in 二0 二0, 九 三. 五 per cent of asked people agreed that wildlife meat was the most used among related products.
According to another survey in 二0 二 一, many consumers of Tam Kỳ believed using fresh wildlife meat helps demonstrate them as luxury gastronomers or rich people while supporting them stronger with nutrition.
Huế City also co妹妹itted to becoming the first urban in Việt Nam 'Say No to Wildlife Meat'.
Last year, a campaign was launched by USAID and WWF to reduce the demand for wild animal meat.
The USAID's Biodiversity Conservation project aimed to raise public awareness of the risks of consuming it with a message: 'Once wild meat is on the dining table, the risks are exposed'.
A series of planned events highlighted risks to public health, the legal penalties, and the risks to nature associated with the illegal consumption of wild meat.
"Despite being one the world's most biodiverse countries, Việt Nam has experienced staggering wildlife losses. USAID partners with Việt Nam to conserve and restore its wildlife. Participation from local co妹妹unities is vital to conservation success. We invite co妹妹unities to join us in raising awareness of the risks of eating wild animal meat to help reduce demand for wildlife trade,公众said USAID/Vietnam Acting Deputy Mission Director Annie Wallace.