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

eport brings together biological information relevant to Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve, to
enable effective management.
BHH NR covers 25,200 hectares, including 20,646.2 hectares of natural forest. These forests
support a fauna representative of the Central Annamites and the Greater Truong Son Landscape.
The reserve supports globally threatened mammal species such as the Saola Psuedoryx
nghetinhensis and Red-shanked Douc LangurPygathrix nemaeus, and four of the seven restrictedrange
bird species which define the Annnamese Lowlands Endemic Bird Area. Site Support
Groups set up by BirdLife to monitor populations of key mammal and bird species also report the
continued existence of the globally Endangered Edwards’s Pheasant Lophura edwardsi in the
nature reserve. Due to the populations of threatened and restricted-range species it supports, BHH
NR forms part of the Truong Son IBA.
Although it is of global importance due to the species and habitats it protects, in recent years the
biodiversity value of BHH NR may have been considerably reduced due to intensive commercial
hunting for the wildlife trade. A number of teams of professional hunters from Quang Binh
Province operate in the nature reserve and a very high density of traps has been observed. The
trade in wildlife is likely to have been facilitated by the construction of the Ho Chi Minh
Highway.
BHH NR therefore presents a management challenge and a significant conservation opportunity.
This report recommends that effective management must be established at BHH NR, in order to
protect the globally important biodiversity attributes of the Central Annamites. Professional
hunting must be eradicated quickly and surveys of species representative of the Greater Truong
Son Landscape need to be conducted, to inform management decisions. Traditional projects to
improve management of protected areas in the Central Annamites have been limited in their
success. Due to the intensity of threat processes at Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve, the same is
likely to be true there. The recent establishment of this protected area presents an opportunity to
pursue innovative forms of management. New management strategies which work within
established national frameworks may be the most effective way to manage Bac Huong Hoa
Nature Reserve and the species of global importance it protects. This innovative approach could
provide a successful alternative model for conservation of protected areas throughout Vietnam.
Executive Summary VN
Trước khi xây dựng khu bảo tồn, rừng ở khu vực Bắc Hướng Hóa và phía giáp tỉnh Quảng Bình
là vùng rừng rộng lớn nhất miền trung Trường Sơn còn chưa được bảo vệ. Thành lập khu bảo tồn
thiên nhiên ở đó là một cơ hội tốt để bảo vệ khu rừng quan trọng với đại diện của nhiều loài động
vật của dãy Trường Sơn hùng vĩ. Báo cáo này nhằm cung cấp thông tin về đa dạng sinh học của
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