Consultation workshop for national action plan of Pangolin conservation in Vietnam, Hanoi 09-10 July 2019

Pangolin a group of the most trafficked mammals! Vietnam has 2 species include the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) and sunda pangolin (M. javanica) but two of them are now become so rare and locally extinct in many places because of poaching and trafficking. The recent wildlife seizure cases in Vietnam indicated that Africa pangolin’s scales are trafficked in Vietnam in large quantity. If there will be no urgent and effective intervention, the pangolin will be perished because of the poaching and trafficking.

From July 9-10, CCD team join and contribute in the technical workshop on pangolin conservation action plan for Vietnam. The action plan when issued will help to direct the protection of wild population, effectively combat the trafficking and caring for animal that’s rescued from the trafficking.