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often utilize a matrix of forest patches: broadleaved forest for shelter and coniferous forest for
grazing. The field survey indicated that forest in the north-east and centre-north of Bidoup
Nui Ba National Park is of particularly high value for threatened mammals. Although these
areas are identical in habitat to parts of the national park in the south and east, they are much
more remote and therefore hunting pressure is less. These remote areas are where the species
with the highest trade value were found; they are the only locations where Guar was found,
and are the locations which support the largest populations of primates and Sun Bear.
The zoning plans indicate that there are large areas of suitable habitat for Collared
Laughingthrush in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park. Together with Chu Yang Sin National Park,
Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, is likely to support the majority of the world population of this
species, and preservation of these broadleaved evergreen forests is therefore essential as part
of a global bird conservation strategy. The other avian indicator species, Grey-crowned
Crocias, was not found in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park during the field survey. However,
suitable habitat for this species exists, and it was found just over the border in Da Nhim
Watershed Protection Forest.
Forest of high landscape value
Because there are no landscape features of natural beauty certified at a national level in
Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, and existing and planned tourist sites within the national park
have not been specifically identified, no forest met the criteria for forest of high landscape
value and no zoning plan could be produced. However, the landscape features present in
Bidoup Nui Ba National Park are those that subjectively humans often value for their beauty,
there is therefore potential for developing some of these as tourist sites. These include
waterfalls, high mountains and grandiose forested vistas. There is therefore high potential for
identifying sites of high landscape value in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, and these should be
developed in a sensitive way that is consistent with the zoning plan in this report.
Forest of high protection value: Map 16
Although most of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park is designated as Special Use Forest, it
contains a large area of forest which fulfils the criteria for forest of high protection value.
Owing to the steep terrain which characterizes the national park, much forest located close to
streams is forest of high protection value, particularly in the north-east of the national park (an
area of Special Use Forest). Protection of these forest strips is of particular importance, since
they stabilize the soil that forms the banks of many of the rivers and streams that ultimately
feed water to Da Lat city. This functional zone overlaps broadly with that of forest of high
biodiversity value.
Forest of high direct use value: Map 17
Following the relevant government decisions and the opinions of the management of Bidoup
Nui Ba National Park, areas with high direct use value were identified. These areas are
primarily located in the southern part of the national park, closer to areas of human habitation.
Much of the area zoned for provision of environmental services is close to the Da Nhim
hydropower station, in the south-west of the national park. In the south, south-west and to a
limited extent in the south-east there is considerable overlap between the distribution of forest
which could provide environmental services following Decision 380/QD-TTg dated 10 April
2008 and forest of high biodiversity value. The environmental services which forest can
provide under this Decision, namely, stabilising soil, reducing the risk of floods, regulating
the flow of water into the Dong Nai river basin and maintaining the water recharge for the Da
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