The studies conducted by the National Science and Technology Programme on natural resources, environment, and climate change for 2016-20 showed that 18 out of 51 evaluated animal species were classified as seriously affected by climate change. Primates are the group suffering the most.
According to scientists, climate change adaptation-related activities in Vietnam are still limited. Knowledge about biodiversity conservation in the context of climate change is still relatively new for staff of protected areas and national parks. Twenty-six out of 105 protected areas, including the nature reserve and habitat conservation areas, are high priority. Most of them are located on the Truong Son Mountain Range, from Lam Dong province in the Central Highlands to the north-central region.
It was essential to devise a national conservation action plan for endangered, precious and rare species vulnerable due to climate change and submit it to the Government for approval, laying the foundation for securing investment. The province is the first locality to handle a case involving seahorses, as listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. A person was sentenced to four years in prison for smuggling 128kg of the fish in February.
The 2015 Penal Code, amended two years later, is a stride in handling wildlife trade in Vietnam, with violators being arrested in 95 per cent of cases detected in 2021, much higher than the rates reported in previous years.
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