a.TFF_rpt_on identification-planning - HCV Resource Network
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Photo 5. Small areas of forest between Bidoup Nui Ba Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park and Da Nhim Watershed<br />
Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest are used for growing horseradish, used to make wasabi. If this venture is<br />
successful, will it cause further forest clearance in the project area?<br />
Broadleaved evergreen forest is the most important habitat type in Da Nhim Watershed<br />
Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest. Even though it currently does not support particularly high populati<strong>on</strong>s of<br />
mammals or Gymnosperms of c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>cern, the populati<strong>on</strong> of Grey-crowned Crocias<br />
it supports is of global importance, and the broadleaved evergreen forest block which,<br />
together with Bidoup Nui Ba Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park, it protects, is large. The forest of high<br />
biodiversity value <strong>on</strong> the eastern edge of the north-west sector of Da Nhim Watershed<br />
Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest is being gradually cleared for coffee plantati<strong>on</strong>s al<strong>on</strong>g Route 722, and to<br />
make way for the c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> of the Da Nhim hydropower stati<strong>on</strong>. This dam, which is<br />
situated in an area with little altitudinal gradient, and the associated c<strong>on</strong>duit, are likely to<br />
destroy a large amount of forest and increase access to remaining forest, facilitating hunting<br />
and encouraging further land clearance. Improvements to the road, which are inevitable, are<br />
likely to increase immigrati<strong>on</strong> to the area and increase the pressure <strong>on</strong> the forest.<br />
Photo 6. Route 722 through Da Nhim Watershed Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest is currently in a poor<br />
c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>. However, if it is improved, immigrati<strong>on</strong> to the area is likely to increase and<br />
clearance of forest for coffee plantati<strong>on</strong>s, such as that visible in the background of the photo,<br />
is also likely to increase.<br />
There is relatively little overlap between parts of the Forest Management Unit which are<br />
z<strong>on</strong>ed for high value for biodiversity and those z<strong>on</strong>ed for high protecti<strong>on</strong> value. However, two<br />
of the three forest compartments (63 and 75) which are of high value to local communities<br />
because they protect a water source c<strong>on</strong>tain large areas of broadleaved evergreen forests. In<br />
order for them to fulfill their functi<strong>on</strong> to local communities, the forest in these compartments<br />
must be effectively protected. This creates an opportunity for involving local people as<br />
community rangers to prevent encroachment into forested land.<br />
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