Commonground
Senior Moderator
18/3/2024. Hanoi, Viet Nam. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Viet Nam have successfully concluded a five-month survey of captive wildlife facilities as part of the Safety across Asia for the Global Environment (SAFE) project, aiming to establish baselines for management and biosecurity practices.
Viet Nam plays an important role in transboundary wildlife trade, with numerous value chains linked across the Mekong region for wild meat and other wildlife products, to satisfy a growing urban demand for wild meat, wildlife products, and wild animals sold as pets. There were 6,525 registered farms across Viet Nam in 2021, cultivating 454 species. This situation presents challenges concerning biosecurity measures and practices that increase the risk for disease emergence and spillover from animals to humans.
Kachen Wongsathapornchai, Regional Manager of FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), emphasized the survey’s goal to identify and mitigate high-risk facilities for disease transmission, stating “earlier capacity building efforts and value chain mapping and analysis for disease control largely focused on livestock and livestock products and much less on wildlife and wildlife products. Therefore, understanding the potential zoonotic pathogen spillover from wildlife addresses crucial data gaps, emphasizing the need for increased stakeholder engagement in the wildlife value chain for sustainable risk reduction practices.”
Continued: https://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1679336/
Viet Nam plays an important role in transboundary wildlife trade, with numerous value chains linked across the Mekong region for wild meat and other wildlife products, to satisfy a growing urban demand for wild meat, wildlife products, and wild animals sold as pets. There were 6,525 registered farms across Viet Nam in 2021, cultivating 454 species. This situation presents challenges concerning biosecurity measures and practices that increase the risk for disease emergence and spillover from animals to humans.
Kachen Wongsathapornchai, Regional Manager of FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), emphasized the survey’s goal to identify and mitigate high-risk facilities for disease transmission, stating “earlier capacity building efforts and value chain mapping and analysis for disease control largely focused on livestock and livestock products and much less on wildlife and wildlife products. Therefore, understanding the potential zoonotic pathogen spillover from wildlife addresses crucial data gaps, emphasizing the need for increased stakeholder engagement in the wildlife value chain for sustainable risk reduction practices.”
Continued: https://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1679336/
