Nam Et NBCA (NET)

Nam Et NBCA (NET)
0GENERAL INFORMATION
0Name Nam Et Translated
1Status
Established by PM Decree 164, 29 October 1993
2Location
Latitude: 20º09’ - 20º50’ N
Longitude: 103º21’ - 103º53’ E
Map Sheets
Scale I :50,000
5650-1 5750-4
5650-2 5750-3 5750-2
5649-1 5749-4 5749-1
5649-2 5749-3
Scale I :100,000
F-48-111 F-48-112
F-48-123 F-48-124
F-48-135 F-48-136
Scale I :200,000
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F-48-32
Scale I :500,000
F-48-C
3Province
Houaphan
4Districts
Viengthong %
Xam Neua %
Xiang Khor %
Houa Meung %
5Boundaries
The northern boundary is formed by the Vietnamese border, and along sections of its
western boundary is contiguous with Phou Loei NBCA.
6Area
214,413 ha

(in combination with Phou Loei NBCA, directly adjacent to the western boundary: 3880
km²)
7Proposed Extensions or Excisions
Based on vegetation cover maps, Nam Et should be reduced in size by excising some
500 km² mainly in the east and the Vietnam border regions.
8Reasons for Proposed Extensions or Excisions
9Access
Xop Neua, a centrally located district centre, can be reached by 4WD-vehicle on a rarely
used seasonal road from Sam Neua (112 km) and on an all-weather road from Muang
Hiam (65 km).
10Stakeholder Villages and Population
District No. of Villages No. of Villages by type Population
I II III IV
TOTAL
Note: Only small villages within the NBCA.
11Principal Local Resource Uses
The predominant land use is shifting-cultivation
12Ethnic Composition
2 BRIEF HISTORY
1993 NBCA declared
3 ECOLOGY
13Physical Features
The entire area is comprised of rugged hills usually well above 1,000 m (65%) with the
highest peak at 2,052 m. Most streams drain to the Nam Et, the remainder to the Nam
Peun.
14Elevation
500 – 2052 m
15Climate

16Main Forest Types
The forested area is about 72% with:
Dense/mature forest 10%
Mixed deciduous forest 69%
Evergreen forest 3%
Other natural vegetation 19%
17Other Habitat Features
The vegetation is generally a mosaic of old shifting cultivation fallow, bamboo groves.
18Recorded Vertebrates 1
19MAMMALS
Common Name Scientific Name National
Priority
Global
Threat
Category
Lao Risk
Status
Bear Macaque Macaca arctoides - VU PARL
White-cheeked Crested Hylobates leucogenys HNP DD PARL
Gibbon
Yellow-cheeked Crested Hylobates Gabriellae INP DD LKL
Gibbon
Bear species Species not identified - - -
Otter species Species not identified - - -
Tiger Panthera tigris ANP EN ARL
Asian Elephant Elephas Maximus HNP EN ARL
Pig species Species not identified - - -
Sambar Cervus unicolor - 0 PARL
Southern serow Naemorhedus sumatraensis - VU PARL
Inornate Squirrel Callosciurus inornatus - VU LKL
East Asian Porcupine Hystrix Brachyura - VU 0
20BIRDS
No birds present of Acute, High or Indeterminate National Priority
Common Name Scientific Name National
Priority
Global
Threat
Category
Lao Risk
Status
Blyth’s Kingfisher Alcedo hercules - VU PARL
Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Bubo nipalensis - GNT PARL
Blue-naped Pitta Pitta nipalensis - GNT LKL
Jerdon’s Bushchat Saxicola jerdoni - GNT 0
Grey Laughingthrush Garrulax maesi - GNT 0
Rufous-vented
Garrulax gularis - 0 LKL
Laughingthrush
Spotted Wren Babbler Spelaeornis formosus - GNT 0
Rufous-throated Fulvetta Alcippe rufogularis - GNT 0
CLASSIFICATION KEY (from Duckworth et al., 1999)
1 See priority/ threat/ risk classification key at the end of this section.

National Priority Categories
ANP: Acute National Priority; HNP: High National Priority; INP: Intermediate National Priority
Global Threat Categories
0: not listed as of concern; DD: data deficient; GNT: globally near-threatened; GT-CR: globally threatened -
critical; GT-EN: globally threatened - endangered; GT-VU: globally threatened - vulnerable; n/a: not
applicable.
Lao Risk Status
0: not at risk in Lao PDR; ARL: at risk in Lao PDR; CARL: conditionally at risk in Lao PDR; LKL: little known
in Lao PDR; n/a: not applicable; PARL: potentially at risk in Lao PDR.
4 PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NBCA SYSTEM
Biodiversity Values
The flora and fauna have not been fully surveyed
Nam Et has comparatively little dense forest but still ranks high in its importance for
representative coverage mainly due to its size in a geographical sub-unit where few
other NBCAs have been identified.
The Nam Et and its tributaries are reportedly teeming with fish even close to long
existing villages.
Watershed Values
Cultural Values
Recreation & Tourism Values
Principal Threats
• Shifting cultivation
5 CURRENT MANAGEMENT
Contact
Staffing
Management Structure
An NBCA ‘team’, made up of mixed PAFO and DAFO staff, has its own plans, budgets
and activities – though these must still pass though the PFO and PAFO. Staff are
divided into functional specialisation units according to the key management themes,
and are based in a field headquarters or at field stations in the NBCA.

Buildings
Financial Support & Training
Currently no full-time donor support
Current Management Priorities
• Establishment of settlement control
• Reduction of severe shifting cultivation practices in some areas
• Re-Examination of boundaries
• In-depth biophysical and social surveys
21Other Projects Active in the Area
• Lao-American Drug Control Project
6 REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
1
2
3
4
Anon. (1993). Reconnaissance Survey Report.
IUCN (1995). Protected Area Fact-Sheets. Annex 3 to the mid-1995 status report on
Protected Area system planning and management in Lao PDR. Vientiane.
IUCN (1998). Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Community Development in
Nam Et and Phou Loei NBCAs, Lao PDR. 3 rd revision of project proposal: 30 pp.
Vientiane.
Wildlife Conservation Society (1995). Report on Management Options
Reconnaissance.