The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted to the Government for approval an eight-year project to protect the nation's elephant population.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has submitted to the Government for approval an eight-year project to protect the nation's elephant population.
The VND257 billion (US$12.3 million) project, carried out until 2020, will focus on preserving and restoring the elephants' habitat, especially in three national parks: Pu Mat in central Nghe An Province; Yok Don in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highland) province of Dak Lak; and Cat Tien in southern Dong Nai Province.
The project hopes that by 2020, each elephant herd in the country would have increased its strength by three to six members.
(Source: VNS)
