According to Tran Van Tiep, Vice Director of the park management board, breeding rare medicinal plants and orchids as well as building a rescue and preservation center for sea animals are the park’s bold strategy for biodiversity conservation.

Baby sea turtles at Nui Chua National Park.

Scientific research has been carried out in coordination with competent organizations and universities to supervise changes in forest and sea resources as well as valuable animals.

As promoting biodiversity conservation in tandem with improving livelihoods for local people is an effective measure to lessen negative impacts on nature, this year the park will continue providing the locals with preferential loans to branch out their business, and support them in shifting to the plantation of trees generating higher economic value.

Particularly, dozens of ethnic Raglai households living in the buffer zone of the park have gained stable income since fine-art groups and traditional dancing troupes were set up.

The Nui Chua National Park covers an area of 31,257 hectares, gathering forest, sea and desert. It hosts 1,504 species of plants and 345 kinds of vertebrates, including various species listed in the Vietnam Red Book.

The harsh climate combines both romantic lakes and effervescent waterfalls all year round. At a height of around 1,000m, 29,865ha of semi-tropical primeval forests on Chua Anh and Chua Em mountains are extremely bio-diverse thanks to an abundance of rainfall.

The untouched landscapes at the park like Binh Tien, Vinh Hy, Thai An, Treo Lake, Da Vach Mountain, Lo O Stream, Rai Cave pose huge potential eco-tourism development. Besides sightseeing tours, the park is developing new tourism products such as Nam Tang waterfall-Wind Hill, site for sea turtles to lay eggs, and cultural tours.

Furthermore, the park is working to improve tourism service quality, upgrade transport and tourism infrastructure, and join hands with travel companies to popularise the images of its stunning sites.

Last year, the Nui Chua National Park welcomed some 200,000 tourist arrivals.

HCM City allocates 30 million USD for preservation of historic buildings

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee plans to allocate more than 700 billion VND (30 million USD) for renovation and preservation of cultural heritage sites and buildings in the 2019-2020 period, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

 

Successful preservation of Dang Shen’s genetic resource

(BGO) - The provincial Department of Science and Technology has accepted the scientific project at provincial level titled “Researching, evaluating and preserving the genetic resources of  Sam Nam Nui Danh (Danh Mountain’s radix codonopsis javanicae or Dang Shen)  in Bac Giang province” conducted by the Research and Development Center for High Technology Agriculture (Hanoi) from September 2015 to August 2018. 

 

Israeli expert introduces lychee preservation technology

(BGO) – The Israeli expert delegation led by Khaled Khalefa, President of Arab Council for Foreign Relations on September 26 had a working session about preservation technology for the lychee and agricultural products in the northern province of Bac Giang.

 

Community-based heritage conservation: A sound approach to cultural preservation

Community-based heritage conservation has not only benefited people living in the area but also proven itself as the most effective and sustainable way to safeguard heritages and promote local tourism.

 

Israeli Juran preservation system for fresh lychee under test run

(BGO) – The Department of Science and Technology in Bac Giang province has reported to complete installing the technology line of Israeli Juran company on preserving lychees at Toan Cau Food Export and Import Joint Stock Company (Luc Ngan district).

 

Source: VNA