On December 20, 2013, the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a declaration to designate March 3 as “World Wildlife Day” to raise public awareness of the world of wild animals and plants.
The United Nations General Assembly resolution stipulates that the CITES Secretariat is the agency to promote this event on a global level. Today, the event “World Wildlife Day” has become the most important event at the global level to recognize the important role of the wild world for humans.
World Wildlife Day 2025 will be themed “Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet” to explore how we can work together to finance wildlife conservation more effectively and sustainably, and build a resilient future for both people and the planet. 2025 also coincides with the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the CITES Convention.
Staff are working on conservation and releasing animals back into the wild at Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park
Identified as one of the world’s 200 important ecological regions (WWF, Global Eco-region 200), Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park is a typical example of biodiversity of the Truong Son ecoregion.
With the conditions of habitat, climate, hydrology along with the typical limestone forest ecosystem, this place has created an ideal environment for the fauna. Up to now, 1.399 animal species of 835 genera, 289 families, 66 orders, 12 classes and 4 phyla have been recorded, of which there are 82 species listed in the Viet Nam Red Book, 116 species are listed in the IUCN Red Book, 39 species are listed in Decree No. 64/2019/ND-CP, 66 species are listed in CITES appendices. The diversity of fauna in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park includes both vertebrates (shown in diverse groups of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish) and invertebrates (arthropods, flatworms, mollusks).
Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park not only contains the highest diversity of animals in Vietnam and compared to other World Natural Heritages in the region and other countries, but is also the place where many new species of animals and plants were recorded in the early 21st century.
People everywhere rely on wildlife-based resources and biodiversity to meet their needs. So let’s celebrate wildlife and the conservation being done around the world, and work together to sustainably develop ecosystems and species for future generations./.
