MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

CATTIEN NATIONAL PARK

BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES IN

CATTIEN NATIONAL PARK

HEADQUARTERS

CAT TIEN NATIONAL PARK IS HOT SPOT BIODIVERSITY

AREA: 71.350 ha

1978, ESTABLISHED NAM BAI CAT TIEN NATURE RESERVE (DONGNAI)

1992, ESTABLISHED CAT TIEN NATIONAL PARK (DONG NAI, LAM DONG, BINH PHUOC)

SINCE 1998, BELONG TO MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

CTNP RESPONSIBILITIES

1 - To protect and manage forests;2 - To conduct scientific researches; 3 - To co-response the improving the local living conditions;4 - To organize environmental education and eco-tourism activities.

UNESCO-MAB recognizes Cat Tien National Park as the

Biosphere Reserve on 10/11/2001Biosphere Reserve area: 726,228 ha,

including 86 communes, townlets of 11 districts, 4 provinces: Dong Nai,

Lam Dong, Binh Phuoc and DacNong:Core Zone: 71,350 ha

Buffer Zone: 251,445 haTransition Zone: 403,433 ha,

170,000 people live in the buffer zone

Co-ordinate11o20’50’’ – 11o50’20” N107o09’05” – 107o35’20” ETopography: biogeography transfer from Truong Son range highland to Mekong deltaSea level: above 115 m in NúiTượng, 626 m in Cát LộcClimate: monsoon tropicalWeather: 2 season, dry and rainyHydrography: Dongnai river, streams, swamps

Largerstroemia with 6 branches in Cat Tien Natioanl

2005, THE BAU SAU WETLAND COMPLEX NOMINATED RAMSAR SITE (1499 th)

CROCODYLE LAKE

BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES5 MAIN FOREST TYPES

EVERGREEN FOREST MIX BAMBOO –WOOD TREE FOREST

PURE BAMBOO FOREST

SEMI EVERGREEN FOREST

WETLANDS

FLORA1,610 species

38 species in Vietnam Red Data book

FAUNAMAMMALS 105 sps

GaurBos gaurus

DeerCervus unicolor

Sun bearHelarctos malayanus

Bear MacaqueMacaca airctoides

Yellow-cheeked gibbonNomascus garbrialle

Vietnamese rhinosRhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus

Yellow-cheeked gibbonNomascus garbrialle

DeerCervus unicolor Deer

Cervus unicolor

Mouse deerTragulus javanicus

Large-toothed Ferret Badger

Melogale personata

29 sps in IUCN RED DATA BOOK

BIRDS351 species

Green PeafowlPavo munticus

Siamese FirebackLophura diardi

Orange-necked PartridgeArborophila davidi

Germain’s Peacock Pheasant

Polyplectron germaini

Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio

Great HornbillBuceros bicornis

Lesser Whistling-duck Dendrocygna javanica

Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopu

Blue-winged PittaPitta moluccensis

31 sps in Vietnam Red Data book

REPTILES109 species

Indo-Chinese Water DragonPhysignathus cocincinus

Burmese PythonPython molurus bivittatus

Banded KraitBungarus fasciatus

Speckled Forest SkinkDraco maculatus

White-lipped Pit-viperTrimeresurus

albolabris albolabris

Garden Fence LizardCalotes versicolor

Asian Giant Terrapin Heosemys grandis

Garden Fence LizardCalotes versicolor

Indo-Chinese Water DragonPhysignathus cocincinus

TockayGekko gecko

Siamese crocodileCrocodylus siamensis

20 sps in Vietnam Red Data book

AMPHIBIANS41 species

Plain Opposite-fingered Treefroglet

Chirixalus nongkhorensisCommon Asian TreefrogRhacophorus leucomystax

Common Asian TreefrogRhacophorus leucomystax

Common Asian TreefrogRhacophorus leucomystax

Rana taipehensis

Woodgrain Pigmy Frog Microhyla pulchra

Common Asian TreefrogRhacophorus leucomystax

Floating FrogletOccidozyga lima

3 sps in Vietnam Red Data Book

FISHES 159 sps

Cá rồngSclesopapes formosus

Fish Lake

Cá lăng (Mystus nemurus) năng 58 kg

8 sps in Viet nam Red Data Book

INSECTSINSECTS756 species

2 sps in VN Red Data Book

Zeltus amasaStichopthalma albofasciata

uemurai

The giant mormorBatilio memnon Tailed jay

Brafium agamenon

Rose swallow tailPach liopta aristolochiae

Cheirotonus gestroi

NATURAL

LANDSCAPES

ETHNICITYMORE THAN 30 ETHNICS

ALMOST KINH (67%), INDIGINOUS PEOPLE: MA (6,2%) và S’TIENG (2,3%)

MA ETHNIC MINORITYBUFFALOW STABLING FESTIVAL

IN TALAI

HANDICRAFT MAKING BY MA WOMAN IN TA LAI

ANCIENT CULTURE

- CATTIEN IS THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF II –VII CENTURRY (AC)

- MYSTERIOUS FOR SCIENTISTS

THE VIETNAM BIGGEST LINGA –YONI IN CAT TIEN

STAFFING: 175

MARD

CTNP DIRECTOR

FINANCE & PLANNING

DPT.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

AND TECHNICAL

DEPT.

VICE DIRECTOR

ECOTOURISTENVIRONMENT

EDUCATIONCENTER

FOREST PROTECTION

DEPT.

ENDANGER WILDLIFE

RESCUE CENTER

VICE DIRECTOR

DONGNAI, LAMDONG, BINHPHUOC PEOPLE

COMITEE

PERSONEL ADMINISTRATION

DPT.

FOREST STATIONS MOBILE

TEAM

RESULTS GAINED

FOREST RANGER’S CAPACITY HAS BEEN IMPROVED

INFRUCTRUCTURE AND WORKING CONDITIONS

RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS

FOREST VIOLATIONS IS CONTROLED

PATICITATORY CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

- FOREST PROTECTION UNITS

- VILLAGE FOREST PROTECTION REGULATIONS

- FOREST ALLOCATION

- COMUNITITY-BASED ECOTOURISIM

SCIENTIFIC RESEACHES RESULTS

INVENTORY, DATA BASE

MONITORING ON KEY SPECIES (RHINO, ELEPHANTS, WATER BIRDS, PHESANTS)

TECHNICAL STAFF CAPACITY IMPROVED

ESTABLISH 2 CENTRES: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION + ENDANGED RESCUE

REINTRODUTION SIAM CROCODILES

TO IMPROVE THE HABITATE FOR MAMMALS (RHINO, DEER)

ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION (EE)

3 TARGET GROUPS (LOCAL PEOPLE AUTHOTITY; STUDENTS + TEACHERS;VISITORS)

THROUGH EE ACTIVITIES, AWEARNESS OF THE ABOVE HAS BEEN IMPROVED

EE SHOWS VERY GOOD RESULTS IN THE PURSUIT OF CTNP PROTECTION

NUMBER OF VISITORS

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82115144210218303+ Other forms of violation

211202239369324239+ Other Forest Products

94030884136+ Logging

399599121212159+ Fishing

46726812711165+ Hunting

387524580915906802Number of violators

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