![]() This project complements Vietnam’s responsibilities under the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), which it ratified in 1994. These include 40 globally threatened species and 82 species included in the Vietnam Red Data Book.Ĭonservation through community-based natural resource management is a named goal, and countering the wildlife trade are key priorities for Vietnam driven by international agreements. The diverse species include 1,300 species of plants, 76 mammals, 322 birds, 73 reptiles, 35 amphibian and 99 fish. Mammals include Asian Elephant, Wild Boar, Sambar Deer and Gaur as well as hosting all six native Vietnamese primate species. It supports several habitats, including lowland evergreen forest, lowland semi-deciduous forest, freshwater wetlands and seasonally inundated grasslands. Yet, there are fewer than ten individuals left.ĬTNP is also renowned as one of Southeast Asia’s havens for the conservation of large mammals. CTNP, one of the few lowland forest ecosystems in Southeast Asia remaining relatively intact and conservable, hosts the last population of the sub-species Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus in the world. This was expected to increase encroachment, the wildlife trade and anxiety of extinction.Īt the vanguard of conservation in Vietnam is the Javan rhinoceros. ![]() There are also plans to upgrade a track to a road within CTNP right through the Javan rhinoceros’ range. Land speculations by the richest and agricultural expansion by the poorest in Lam Dong province were resulting in encroachment onto Cat Tien National Park (CTNP). Even before the global food price rises, the choices for conserving the last population of Javan rhinoceros were looking dim.
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