The Biodiversity of Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve - Birdlife ...

Conventions Used
Plant names, and species limits follow Anon (2007). Mammal names (common) follow Wilson
and Reeder (2005) and (scientific) IUCN (2007), sequence follow Wilson and Reeder (2005) and
species limits follow IUCN (2007), with scientific names given at first mention and in Appendix
2. Bird names (common and scientific), sequence and species limits follow BirdLife International
(2008), with scientific names given at first mention and in Appendix 3. Reptile and amphibian
names, sequence and species limits follow Nguyen Van Sang and Ho Thu Cuc (1996), with
scientific names given in Appendix 4. Diacritical marks are omitted from Vietnamese names due
to typographical limitations and the restricted understanding of international readers.
Glossary of Terms
Endemic Bird Area (EBA) refers to an area supporting at least two restricted-range bird species.
A restricted range bird species is one with a global breeding range of less than 50,000 km 2 .
Globally threatened species refers to a species assigned a category of threat in the IUCN Red
Lists of Threatened Animals and Plants (IUCN 2007); the term excludes species listed as Near
Threatened or Data Deficient. Indochina refers to the biogeographic region of Cambodia, Laos
and Vietnam.
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used
EBA - Endemic Bird Area
IBA – Important Bird Area
FIPI - Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, Hanoi
FPD - Forest Protection Department
IEBR - Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources
IUCN - World Conservation Union
MARD - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
NTFP - Non-timber forest products
WWF – World Wildlife Fund
VRDB – Vietnam Red Data Book 2007
CR – Critically Endangered
EN – Endangered
VU – Vulnerable
DD – Data Deficient
NT – Near Threatened
Executive Summary
Prior to their designation as a nature reserve, the forests of Bac Huong Hoa, together with
adjacent forest in Quang Binh Province, represented the largest block of unprotected forest in the
Central Annamites. The establishment of the nature reserve presents an opportunity to conserve a
significant area of forest, with a fauna representative of the Greater Truong Son Landscape. This
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