Global study lists 40  Snub-nosed monkey in northern Forty Vietnamese national parks and nature reserves have been named in a new international study identifying protected areas of utmost importance to the survival of wildlife. Conservationists said this gives The International Union for Conservation of Nature published in the Science weekly magazine on November 15 the names of 2,178 irreplaceable protected areas in more than 100 countries and territories, including 137 “exceptionally irreplaceable” areas in 34. Vietnam’s hot spots include parks and reserves in the northern highlands like UNESCO biosphere reserve Cat Ba Islands, those in the central region like the famous Phong Nha-Ke Bang, and Cat Tien, which has made national headlines for years for being threatened by two hydropower projects that were scrapped last October. Ha Thang Long of the primate rescue center at The rescue center was founded and is run by German Tilo Nadler who came as a volunteer from the Frankfurt Zoological Society in his native country. Long said the extinction of the Java rhino in The 27,000-hectare (66,313-acre) Cat Loc rhino reserve was created in 1992 in the Central Highlands’ But experts said the vastness means little since parts of the area are also occupied by people and their crop fields. They said such invasions, including by hydropower plants, have escalated the conflict between people and wildlife, affecting both. Three wild elephants recently strayed from the Nguyen Quang Truong of the The method is considered more secure and financially efficient than ex-situ which focuses on species conservation in botanic gardens, zoos, gene banks, and captive breeding programs. “In-situ conservation has been done in “Like they would ask how much the tiger costs instead of what it means to the ecology.” He said rhinos have been valued by their horns, elephants by their tusks, and tigers by their bones. “If government officials are still going to restaurants to eat wildlife dishes and consider them delicious, The expert said IUCN has saved
“For example, we can hardly suceed in a tiger conservation program, but the chance will be much higher if we protect tiger habitats along the Truong Son mountain (in central The IUCN list was based on data about 173,000 terrestrial protected areas and 21,500 species from its Red List of Threatened Species. “Protected areas can only fulfil their role in reducing biodiversity loss if they are effectively managed,” Simon Stuart, chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, said in a statement posted on its website. Thanh Nien News |
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