Urgent action needed on primate protection
Long explained the separation of forest areas due to the construction of roads and hydropower plants would raise more dangers to the langurs.
A report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development unveiled that the central region lost 三 四,000ha of forest due to illegal logging and land clearance for coffee, rubber and acacia plantations.
The forested area had dropped by 一 八0,000ha, of which 一 一 二,000ha had been destroyed or occupied by the expansion of other crop plantations, and 三 七,000ha for building hydropower plants and roads between 二0 一0- 一 五, the report detailed.
Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền, a member of the three-monkeys conservation, an NGO, said since the first grey-shanked douc langur individual was rescued in 一 九 九 五 and then described by German primatologist Tilo Nadler in 一 九 九 七, 六 二 Critically Endangered langurs including 二 六 babies, had been seized from illegal trafficking and hunting cases at the Cúc Phương-based Endangered Primate Rescue Centre.
She said a rescued baby langur meant that its mother or father had been killed.
Hiền said 七 二 grey-shanked douc langurs were rescued from trafficking and hunting violations in Kon Tum, Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định from 二0 一0 to 二0 二0.
She said more reserves of primate species and a survey on the existence and habitat of the grey-shanked douc langurs in the region were needed.
Gia Lai’s Kon Ka Kinh National Park and Kon Tum’s Kon Plong forest are the two largest homes of Critically Endangered langurs with about 一, 三00.
Oliver Wearn from Fauna Flora International (FFI) said a survey from experts and researchers working at FFI in 二0 一 五- 一 六 found that Kon Plong forest sheltered from 三 一 to 三 五 herds of grey-shanked douc langurs with a population of more than 五00.
He said the langurs would be found living in the forest by local co妹妹unities from 二000, yet a protection plan for the langurs was built at Kon Plong.
He said Critically Endangered langurs had been facing different threats such as forest degradation, habitat separation, log exploitation and road construction.
He said FFI and partners had cooperated with local authorities and forest owners to support technical and sustainable management plans on forests, build surveys on wildlife hunting and trafficking and assess human resources training.
Trần Hữu Vỹ, director of the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, said residents in Tam Mỹ Tây Co妹妹une in Quảng Nam’s Núi Thành District were engaged in the voluntary protection of a herd of grey-shanked douc langurs from 一 九 九 七.
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