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A new species of gecko (Cyrtodactylus phongnhakebangensis) found in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park. Perhaps a third of Vietnam's 484 identified reptile species are endemic, and new species are regularly discovered. These species are often found in particular hotspots, for example 32 endemic species are found within the Annamite Range.
A type of leaf-eating langur that has an unusually long and bushy tail with white hips. It is also one of the most endangered primates in the world. Only about 300 Delacour's langurs are alive today, and experts fear they could be completely extinct if the current rate of decline continues.
Nguyễn Văn Thái is a Vietnamese conservationist who works to protecting the Critically Endangered pangolin. [1] [2] In 2014, he founded Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW), an NGO that has rescued more than 2,125 wild animals from 45 species, including 1,671 pangolins, and rehabilitated and returned over 60% of them back to the wild.
Enter the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), a non-profit organization that protects endangered species by There are a lot of animal organizations out there doing important work.
The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: Vulnerable: The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT: Near threatened: The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. LC: Least concern
ENV strives to curb demand for wildlife products in Vietnam via Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on TV and radio. They concentrate their efforts on tigers, rhinos, bears and pangolins. [10] The emphasis of these short infomercials is that wildlife trade products, such as pangolin scales, rhino horn and tiger bones, lack medicinal value.
The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden contains 590 animals of 125 species and 1,830 trees and plants of 260 species, some of which are over 100 years old. This includes 20 species of orchid, 32 species of cactus and 34 species of bonsai. The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden is divided into an animal conservation area, a plant conservation area, an ...
According to the agreement signed in Huế on May 7, 2004, The Global Environment Facility, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Development Organisation of the Netherlands donated two million US dollars to protect biodiversity in Vietnam. The project also received funding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Multinational Species ...