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Green Talk – Eloquence Contest in English About Initiatives Toward a Green Environment for students in Ho Chi Minh City
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From 15 November to 18 December 2010, Wildlife At Risk will cooperate with UNESCO to organise an Eloquence Contest in English for students in Ho Chi Minh City. The Green Talk Contest aims to raise awareness of the public, especially youngsters, about the environment and also encourage young people to creatively and actively participate in environmental protection. This is also an avenue for youngsters to improve their English skills while contributing to environmental protection.
Contest regulations
Theme
Initiate a practical idea that involves participation of the public in environment protection toward a “green, clean and beautiful” environment”.
Participants
All students aged 16 to 30, in Ho Chi Minh City
Contest rounds and regulations
Round 1: Submit an application form
Send your application form, consisting of two parts:
Part 1: a short self introduction
Part 2: An English essay of 350 – 500 words that describes your initiatives that aims to solve problems in the environment.
The candidates can submit the application forms as individuals or a team.
Contest Time: 15 November to 5 December 2010
Candidates can send the application form by post or email to following address:
UNESCO-CEP Office
Address: 68 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 1 TP.HCM
Email: contest@greentalk.vn
Results of Round 1: the 20 best initiatives will be collected and announced on the website: www.greentalk.vn
Round 2: Deliver an eloquent speech in English to defend your ideas
Time: December 10th, 2010
Twenty students/groups with the best initiatives will present their ideas in English to a board of judges.
Results of round 2: the five best initiatives will be chosen to advance to the third round.
Round 3: The final round and the award ceremony
Time: December 18th, 2010
The five final candidates will present and defend their ideas in English to the judge board and potential sponsors. The most feasible ideas will be awarded and have the potential for sponsorship and implementation.
Prizes
Total value of prizes: 50,000,000 VND
The twenty candidates from round 2 will be awarded with a study tour to the Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Station.
The most feasible initiatives have the potential to be sponsored and will be introduced widely among the Green Talk community in the country.
See more about the contest at: www.greentalk.vn
Phu Quoc Programme
DISCOVERING THE BOUNTIES OF A JEWELLED ISLE
- Contact details of the Manager, Phu Quoc Project, click Contact Us.
- Pictures of the Phu Quoc Project, click Gallery PQ Project
- Books and publications from the Phu Quoc Project, click Library PQ
- Phu Quoc technical reports, click PQ Technical Reports
- How to assist with labour on the Phu Quoc Project, click Volunteers.
- How to sponsor or donate to the Phu Quoc Project, click How to Help
About the Rhino death
In early May, a Rhino carcass was found in Cat Tien National Park. A bullet was found in the left fore leg, and signs of horn removed were found on the skull. The Rhino must be dead for several months. No body knows why the Rhino died and a big investigation is being conducted to find out the reason. The scientists are analyzing the DNA samples to know more about the dead Rhino. Answer from the DNA analysis might also reveal if that is the last Rhino in Vietnam.
Thousands of people speak up to save the forest and to break Vietnam record
WHAT: Thousands of local people, leaders and university students join together in a public event entitled “Speak up to save the forest”. In this event, they will sing a song comprised of only one word “KHONG”, in English it means “NO”, in order to call for people to “Say NO to illegal forest products”. This chorus will challenge the Vietnam Record for the “Biggest chorus in Vietnam”. Famous artists including singer Y-Moan, singer Siu-Black, singer Luu Thien Huong, rapper Kim JoJo, and MC Quyen Linh will take part in this event. Especially, the chorus will be led by British conduct Graham Sutcliffe MBE – who is a former conductor of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.
HCMC, dated 02 April 2010 – Wildlife at Risk (WAR) and Ho Chi Minh City’s Forest Protection Department (FPD-HCMC) organised a contest ceremony entitled “Discovering the Vietnam’s Unique Wildlife” at Ben Thanh Theatre. This ceremony aims to raise awareness and call for commitment from the leaders and students of nature conservation, especially wildlife protection, Fig 4.
Drawing to protect the nature of Phu Quoc National Park
From November to December 2009, students aged from 12 to 15 from Duong Dong 1, Cua Can, Ghenh Dau and Bai Bon Secondary Schools of Phu Quoc Island have created more than 1000 paintings in a drawing contest called “Protecting the natural resources of Phu Quoc National Park”. The students were asked to express the beauty of Phu Quoc’s nature, threats to natural resources and actions that students can take to protect Phu Quoc’s habitats and ecosystems.
Fundraiser In Melbourne
The big news in this edition of our Quarterly Newsletter is about the huge success of the recent fundraising function in Melbourne on 8 Oct 09. Some $15,320 gross takings were raised. All funds netted from the night will go direct to developing the Cat Tien Wildlife Rescue Station. No money will be spent on travel or administration costs as this was covered by individual sponsors. Every dollar raised will go direct towards ‘the cause’ of preserving Vietnam’s endangered wildlife.
WAR work changes younger attitude!
Oanh is an active 17 year-old-girl from Binh Duong province. She has heard about wildlife protection and nature conservation from different channels but does not really understand it or knows how she feels about it, thus she does not really care.
However, after spending one day at the Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Station (CCWRS) and participating in the release of four pangolins and one big monitor lizard back to the wild of Lo Go Xa Mat National Park, Tay Ninh Province, she changes her mind.
Her day interacting with WAR staff and forest rangers makes her realize the huge suffering and pain some humans’ cause to wildlife. She also admires the great work WAR staff and rangers are doing daily to look after sick, injured animals. Above all, she is happy knowing that the animals can be rehabilitated and then release back into the forest where they belong. The day has opened her eyes and touched her senses. Now her attitude has changed and she thinks seriously about how she can help to protect Vietnam’s unique wildlife.
This is the content of a program called “Global Citizen” of the national television station: VTV3 that is aired every Sunday at 2 PM. The program tells true stories of different individuals in all aspects of lives. Oanh’s story is also a true story. And we hope that the program will help the large audience to appreciate wildlife in its natural surroundings and how to protect it.
The program about Oanh’s journey will be aired at the end of May 2010.
For more information, please contact Huyen Do Thi Thanh, Wildlife
Education Coordinator at: info@wildlifeatrisk.org
Support FPD Ranger on street patrolling illegal trade of wildlife
The Forest Protection Department of HCMC (FPD-HCMC) and WAR have cooperated to implement a project to support activities of a Mobile Team consisting of members of the FPD-HCMC. The Mobile Team started its activities from August 2008.
Programme Objective
The programme seeks to eliminate the illegal trade of wildlife on the streets of HCMC and make regular visits restaurants to check if wildlife is being illegally served to customers.
Programme Activities
- Conduct daily patrols of the streets of HCMC by motorbike.
- Respond to calls from tourists on illegal wildlife trade made to WAR HQ via the Abuse Hotline.
- Make regular checks of restaurants where it is reported that wildlife is served to customers.
- Cooperate with other FPD offices such as those at the Cu Chi and Can Giao Districts in order to confiscate wildlife from illegal traders, or rescue endangered species that are being kept as pets at private house or restaurants, often in very poor conditions.
Cooperation with the Cu Cu Wildlife Station (CCWRS)
Where appropriate, wildlife confiscated by the Mobile Team is taken to the CCWRS for husbandry care and possible release back into the wild.
‘Quick Click’ Easy Find
Contact details of the Manager, Mobile Team, click Contact Us
Pictures of the Mobile Team at work, click Gallery MT
How to report abuse of wildlife click, Abuse Hotline
How to sponsor or donate to the Mobile Team click, How to Help
A brief note on freshwater fishes around Da Lat, Lam Dong province
During a short two-day trip to Da Lat, Lam Dong province on last week of August 2010, WAR staffs have recorded a short list of fresh water fishes in the area. The preliminary list is as follow:
– Macropodus opercularis
– Channa orientalis
– Puntius binotatus
– Rasbora paviana
– Clarias batrachus
– Carassius auratus
– Xiphophorus helleri (introduced species)
– Xiphohorus sp. (introduced species)
– Gambusia affinis) (introduced species)
The Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) has been bred successfully by WAR staffs. According to Nguyen Van Hao (2005), the most southern range of this species is Quang Nam province. If the population of this species recorded in Lam Dong province are not from aquarium then this is a record of new range for this species in Viet Nam.
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Introduction to Vietnam
WAR’s CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN CONTEXT
Three-quarters of Vietnam is hilly or mountainous. The Truong Son or Annamite Range, for example, extends for nearly 1,200km from the north to the south along the border with Laos and Cambodia. Other distinct regions include the vast Red River Delta in the north, the Mekong River Delta in the south, and a number of small coastal plains in central Vietnam.
Vietnam lies in the monsoon tropics. The North has four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and a cold, damp winter. The South has distinct wet and dry seasons, with small very humid change over times in between (around April for the build up to the monsoons, and October towards the end).
Although Vietnam is a rapidly developing country, a significant number of households, especially in the rural areas, still live below the poverty line. Three-quarters of the population lives in rural areas. Average income per capita is below USD5,000 per annum.
Vietnam is culturally rich and has a proud history dating back several thousand years. During the past century, however, war has had a profoundly negative economic and environmental impact on the country.
In the 21st Century, new population and development pressures are also taking their toll on Vietnam’s astoundingly rich variety of animal and plant species (Biodiversity).