Hanoi focuses on protecting biodiversity

Recently, the Hanoi People’s Committee issued a document requesting the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and My Duc District People’s Committee to focus on implementing the tasks of preserving and protecting the Delacour’s langur in the area. Huong Son special-use forest.

Specifically, the city requested the Forest Protection Department (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) to strengthen propaganda work to protect primate species, especially the white-rumped langur. Develop a plan to conserve and protect primates in general in the spirit of the Prime Minister’s direction in Decision No. 628/QD-TTg on approving an emergency action plan to conserve primates in Vietnam to 2025 with a vision to 2030.

The City People’s Committee also requested My Duc district to direct specialized departments and forested communes to strictly manage tourists visiting, traveling, and participating in festivals; Coordinate with relevant authorities to conduct patrols, promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle violations to protect primates in general, including white-rumped langurs.

According to recent investigation results of the Frankfurt Animal Protection Society (Germany), the rare species of white-rumped langur was discovered in Huong Son special-use forest (My Duc district). Currently, this species only exists in Vietnam with more than 200 individuals, distributed in 18 separate locations in the provinces of Ninh Binh, Ha Nam, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa.

Conservation of wild and migratory birds

After more than 1 year of implementing Directive No. 04/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister on a number of urgent solutions to conserve wild and migratory birds in Vietnam, recently, the City People’s Committee Hanoi continues to direct departments, branches and districts to continue to propagate and thoroughly educate officials and civil servants in their units and people not to hunt, trap, buy, sell, slaughter or use animal products. wildlife, especially wild and migratory birds.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinates with functional agencies and local authorities to manage markets, business locations, and bird trading (Hoang Hoa Tham, Yen Phuc…); Organize inspection of business households, promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle hunting and trapping of wild birds brought to markets.

Particularly in Ba Vi district – one of the places with habitats considered to be the best for the growth and development of wild and migratory birds in the city today, the city requires the district to coordinate with the authorities. Strengthen inspection and supervision to prevent mechanical impacts on the Van Lang middle yard.

For the Red River area, the Hanoi People’s Committee assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to coordinate with local authorities to strengthen patrols and control of the Red River area, trading venues, bird markets, and wild bird trapping areas. wild, migratory; promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle violations according to the provisions of law. At the same time, build warning signs to protect wild and migratory birds along both sides of the Red River. Because according to the survey results of the Center for Nature Conservation and Development (CCD) in 2021 and 2022, the alluvial areas and beaches in the middle of the Red River are places to stop, winter, live, and nest for at least 232 bird species, including 192 migratory species including critically endangered species such as the Yellow-breasted Sparrow in the mudflats and beaches in the middle of the Red River (Hanoi).

CCD also made many proposals to protect birds and restore natural habitats in the mudflats and beaches in the middle of the Red River. For example, communication activities to raise public awareness and responsibility; experiential activities and bird photography competitions; patrolling, protecting, preventing, and removing bird nets during migration season; establish bird sanctuaries in the middle of the beach; Additional planting and restoration of natural habitats on beaches…