Instruction of the Ministry of Forestry regarding promotion of willdife protection (No.551 LN/KL).

Subject

Wild species & ecosystems

Keyword

Management/conservation Authorization/permit Capacity building Ranching/captive breeding Keeping of live animals Enforcement/compliance Hunting/capture Internal trade Protection of species Trade in species Wild fauna Wild flora Wildlife products

Geographical area

Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia

Abstract

This Instruction of the Ministry of Forestry, in order to implement provisions of the Law on Forest Protection and Development of 1991, proposes a variety of measures to protect wildlife in Vietnam, including: dissemination of legal texts regarding protection wildlife, raising of public awareness, and further instructs forestry institutions, the Forest Protection Department, Customs Office, tax services, and market management of the provinces to: prohibit in hotels, restaurants to advertise and serve the food cooked from wildlife or their products; prohibit producing and selling various wildlife products; strictly control and seize the illegal trading wildlife, especially in domestic market and transfer through frontier, demobilise the centre for illegal trade in wildlife; severely treat the case of illegal hunting, trading wildlife and their by-products; quickly transfer live confiscated specimens for reintroduction in to forests, etc; encourage wildlife farming; promote observation of the provisions of CITES, and the regulations of the Government of Vietnam.

Full text

English

References - Legislation

Implements

Forest Resources Protection and Development Act.

Legislation | Viet Nam | 1991

Keyword: Basic legislation, Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Classification/declassification, Protection forest, Institution, Forest fires, Protected area, Private forest, Inspection, Erosion, Monitoring, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX