Ninh Binh tightens management and strictly handles wildlife trafficking on social media

According to Document No. 610/UBND-VP3, the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee assessed that wildlife protection work has seen positive changes in recent times. However, to conserve biodiversity and serve the orientation of sustainable tourism development, the province requires more decisive measures.

It is necessary to prevent online "black markets" on Zalo, Facebook, and TikTok. A notable point in this directive is the province assigning the Department of Science and Technology to take the lead in strictly controlling information on social media.

Specifically, the Department of Science and Technology is tasked with proactively reviewing, detecting, and preventing the advertising, buying, selling, and trading of wildlife products, as well as destructive hunting tools, on popular social media platforms such as Zalo, Facebook, and TikTok.

Regarding the provincial public security force, the Provincial People's Committee requires them to proactively monitor the situation and strongly suppress crimes related to biodiversity. The police force, in coordination with judicial agencies, will select and publicly prosecute typical cases of wildlife hunting and trafficking to deter and educate the community.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment is tasked with directing the forest rangers to strengthen patrols and control in conservation areas, wetlands, and bird sanctuaries. Any illegal hunting, killing, keeping, transporting, or consuming of wildlife will be severely punished.

The Provincial People's Committee also requested the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of the province to actively disseminate information to monks, nuns, and Buddhist followers about the proper release of animals.

The province encourages humane practices such as prayer and the proper release of animals, and resolutely refuses to abet the hunting and trading of wild birds and animals. The chairpersons of People's Committees of communes and wards will be held responsible if they neglect to manage this issue.

Chairpersons of People's Committees communes and wards will be held directly accountable before the law and before the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee if prolonged violations occur in their managed areas without timely detection and handling.

Local authorities are also requested to organise for people to sign commitments not to buy, sell, use, or display specimens of wild animals without legal origin./.