Discovery and conservation of the Vu Quang ox in Vietnam

Dung, Vu Van; Giao, Pham Mong; Chinh, Nguyễn Thúy; Tuoc, Do; Mackinnon, John

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“…Vu Quang National Park and Ke Go Nature Reserve (Ha Tinh): Given that both of them are highly prioritized areas that have lots of conservation works invested in in recent years [54][55][56][57], they may support a significant population of the Red-shanked Douc.…”

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Modeling the Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) distribution in Vietnam using Maxent

Nguyen

Minh²,

Hung³

et al. 2019

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The Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) is the only douc species recorded in all three countries of Indochina. It is classified as Endangered by IUCN, and is believed to have experienced a major drop of more than 50% of its population over the last 40 years. The known distribution of main P. nemaeus populations in Vietnam ranges from Pu Mat National Park, Nghe An Province in the North to the Kon Ha Nung, Gia Lai Province in the South. In this study, we used Maxent, a species distribution modeling approach that is shown to a have high predictive power even with low number of occurrence records, to predict the current distribution of the Red-shanked Douc in Vietnam based on published records. The results show that P. nemaeus inhabits a region from Nghe An to Kon Tum Province, with areas from Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien -Hue, Da Nang -Quang Nam Provinces exhibiting the highest potential. With all model parameters already listed here, studies in the future may incorporate more occurrence records to develop better models, or other environmental variables to assess the influence of different factors on the species distribution. The results also suggest that species distribution modeling, coupled with a carefully checked and filtered occurrence dataset, as well as species-specific model fine-tuning and evaluating, can help address many conservation issues in Vietnam.

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Modeling the Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) distribution in Vietnam using Maxent

Nguyen

Minh²,

Hung³

et al. 2019

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Resource Use Among Rural Agricultural Households Near Protected Areas in Vietnam: The Social Costs of Conservation and Implications for Enforcement

McElwee

2009

Environmental Management

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This article examines the use of forests in a protected area by nearby agriculturalists in central Vietnam. Research indicates that the majority of rural farmers interviewed who lived near a state designated protected area were receiving both subsistence and cash incomes from forest-based activities, primarily from the collection of forest products. However, much of the collection of forest produce was officially illegal, as it occurred in state protected forests, and interdiction efforts were on the increase. Yet, little attention has been paid in Vietnam to the need for income substitution for households who lose access to forest produce as a result of conservation enforcement, particularly in the case of farmers who live near, but not in, protected areas; their resources use has been 'invisible' due to a lack of attention and research on the topic. This misunderstanding of the importance of forests to rural farmers has the potential to result in households facing adverse welfare and livelihood outcomes as protected areas boundaries are tightened, and local communities face increased opportunity costs due to stricter conservation enforcement. The article concludes that substitution for loss of income due to conservation activities would best be achieved through carefully targeted interventions to specific high-impact and high-dependency households. Additionally, investments in new sources of wage labor and other low capital-input activities, rather than in agriculture, would likely be of most benefit.

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Discovery and conservation of the Vu Quang ox in Vietnam

Cited by 14 publications

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Modeling the Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) distribution in Vietnam using Maxent

Modeling the Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) distribution in Vietnam using Maxent

Resource Use Among Rural Agricultural Households Near Protected Areas in Vietnam: The Social Costs of Conservation and Implications for Enforcement

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