HOA KHE WARD COMMUNITY LEARN ABOUT RED-SHANKED DOUC LANGUR
On December 24th, 2016, 200 people from Hoa Khe Ward attended “Environmental Law” Contest and studied about the red-shanked douc langur on Son Tra peninsula.
On Sunday 24th December 2016, GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Centre cooperated with the Natural Resources and Environment Committee Division of Thanh Khe District and People Committee (PC) of Hoa Khe Ward holding an exhibition “Red-shanked douc langur on Son Tra” at Hoa Khe PC’s head office. The program lasted from 8 am to 12 am and attracted nearly 200 Hoa Khe Ward people, belonging to many associations and groups such as the Association of Farmers, Association of Women, Fatherland Front, etc. Additionally, there were students and teachers from Huynh Thuc Khang Secondary School.
Greenviet held a contest about red-shanked douc langur and the biodiversity on Son Tra peninsula. There was a photo exhibition with 30 pictures of Son Tra displayed throughout the contest.
Particularly, “Ringing the douc’s tail” was the most exciting activity with lots of interesting questions about the precious primate species.
Ha Vy, a participant from the ward’s Youth Group was awarded douc stuff because of her correct answer about “Threats to the red-shanked douc on Son Tra peninsula”.
In response to celebrating a 20-year anniversary of Thanh Khe District, Hoa Khe PC held an “Environmental Law” contest and received a lot of positive feedback from the community at Hoa Khe Ward. Participants were officers and members of associations and groups of the ward. There were interesting and funny activities happening such as greeting speeches, presentations about environmental issues, and especially the contest about environment laws and regulations.
