A ministerial-level development plan for Cat Tien National Park in Dong Nai Province has put its total area at 71,350 ha rather than the 73, 878 ha recorded in another government document in 1988.
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Tran The Lien, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the ministry had measured the whole park in its current stage to draw up the 10-year plan. “The part thus can’t be said to have lost any part of its land.”
Lien said that one cause of the number difference is that the ministry left out parts of the Strictly Protected Section which are environmentally affected.
Cat Tien National Park has one of the largest areas of lowland tropical rainforests left in Vietnam and is home to rare and endangered species such as Javan Rhinoceros, golden-cheeked gibbons, or black-shanked doucs.
It was recognized as UNESCO’s biosphere reserves in 2001.
(Source: Tuoitrenews)
