Human activity most serious threat to Vietnam biodiversity: report

A swath of forest in Quang Tri Province in central Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Tao

Human activity, particularly overexploitation of biological resources and conversion of land for agriculture and aquaculture, poses the biggest threat to Vietnam's biodiversity, a new report warns.

The report, which evaluates Vietnam’s biodiversity and the impacts of certain economic fields on it, was released by WWF Vietnam and the Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA).

It says Vietnam, home to over 50,000 species of plants and animals, is among the 16 most biodiverse countries in the world.

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