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Phong Nha - Ke Bang, home to world's largest cave Son Doong, earns UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve status
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (185+ words) The latest decision, approved on June 5 at the 38th session of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program in Hernandarias, Paraguay, highlights the park's global ecological significance while opening new prospects for conservation and sustainable development....
'I would rather be shot than die in a hospital bed': wildlife conservationist
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1811+ words) She was warned she could be shot, kidnapped, or even killed, but she signed liability waivers to join the investigations because "I would rather die for conservation than from cancer." Vn Express speaks with Trang, founder of Wild Act, about…...
Thai police arrest 9 in largest ivory seizure worth $300, 000 in a decade
3+ week, 6+ day ago (224+ words) Thailand is a major transit hub for wildlife smugglers who often sell highly prized endangered animals and animal parts on the lucrative black market in Asia. The arrests and seizures of ivory, valued at around US$300, 000 and smuggled by ship…...
How explorers found vertical sinkhole cave deep in Vietnam forest
1+ mon, 23+ hour ago (329+ words) Deep inside the dense limestone forests of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, where sharp karsts rise above the canopies and rivers vanish into the earth, a team of explorers followed a rumor that would lead them to one of Vietnam's…...
Australia worried over mouse plague's impact on food supply
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (147+ words) "Obviously we're concerned about the mice situation including in Western Australia," Energy Minister Chris Bowen said in televised remarks "from Sydney on Saturday. According to local media, mice - a persistent problem in Australian grain-growing regions - have been infesting farms in…...
Striking stalactites found in newly discovered caves in Vietnam's Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (400+ words) Thien Cung Cave, stretching 4, 206 meters, lies within Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park and is the longest among 26 caves identified during a survey by a British - Vietnamese expedition team from March 21 to April 11. Thien Cung Cave lies near Dark Cave…...
Quack therapy: where ducks give you a massage
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (406+ words) Tucked beside a tributary of the Son River and surrounded by acacia-covered hills, a 1. 3-hectare farm 30 km from Dong Hoi City of Quang Tri Province has been drawing visitors since opening three months ago. It is two kilometers from the…...
Chinese high school principal refuses to clear noisy bird nest despite student complaints
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (317+ words) The student, a 12th-grader at Baoan High School in Shenzhen City, filed a complaint to the school board, saying the noise of birds in a tree next to his classroom was disturbing his preparation for the national college entrance exam,…...
Thailand monitors 108 workers after mysterious disease kills 72 tigers at Chiang Mai parks
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) The Department of Disease Control said the workers, based at Tiger Kingdom facilities in the Mae Rim and Mae Taeng districts, cared for or were in close proximity to the tigers between Feb. 8 and 19, Khaosod reported on Feb. 23. They will…...