Protect wildlife
On August 12, Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh province) announced that it had just coordinated with the Fauna & Flora Organization and the VFBC project management board of Quang Binh province to organize the Son Da Coffee model at the tourist center. Phong Nha town, Bo Trach district.
From August 7-11, Son Da Coffee model with many communication activities, interacting with tourists and local people such as: Showing short videos of famous people calling for not consuming wild animal meat da ; photo exhibition of endangered and rare wildlife species of Quang Binh province; information boards about biodiversity in Quang Binh province, encouraging residents and tourists to participate in learning about rare and endangered wildlife species prioritized for protection through code scanning and answering questions. Ask questions and receive gifts from the organizers.
In addition, children are also invited to participate in the media booth with an area for coloring and making masks of wild animals.
The goal of the event is to raise community awareness about protecting wild animals and plants, joining hands to contribute to ending problems related to hunting, trapping, trade and consumption of animal products. Illegal wildlife in Quang Binh province.
More than 2,200 responses to the wildlife questionnaire
Mr. Dinh Huy Tri, Deputy Director of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park Management Board, said that education and communication activities to raise awareness play an extremely important role in protecting wild animals. .
This is to preserve biodiversity for Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. Therefore, the Park Management Board has deployed many communication activities to communities in the buffer zone and tourists visiting eco-tourism areas such as Phong Nha town.
"The Son Da Coffee model contributes many interesting activities and attracts the participation of tourists, making an important contribution to introducing the biodiversity of the Park to residents and tourists, thereby helping contribute to the Park's biodiversity conservation activities" - Mr. Tri affirmed.
During 5 days of implementing the Son Da Coffee shop model, there was the participation of about 1,000 people and tourists. More than 2,200 times of scanning codes and answering questions about endangered, rare, and often trafficked and consumed wild animals such as Serow, Ha Tinh Langur, Red-shanked Douc Langur, Hornbill, Palm civets, Asian bears, Three-striped box turtles, and Vietnam's wild cats.
In particular, about 120 guests successfully completed all 8 sets of questions about 8 rare animal species of Quang Binh and received a special gift from the program, a thermos water bottle with the message of reducing food demand. demand for wild meat consumption.
In addition, more than 500 keychains and more than 100 hats with event messages were also given to visitors who answered at least one set of questions about wild animals correctly.
