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WWF-Việt Nam, GreenViet work to protect endangered primates

QUẢNG NAM — The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Việt Nam and the Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet, will work together on a project to protect the gray-shanked douc langurs in the central province’s Núi Thành district in  二0 二0.Director of GreenViet, Trần Hữu Vỹ, said the one-year project would help improve forest patrol skills to protect a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs (pygathrix cinerea) – a critically endangered species – living in Đồng Cổ Village of Tam Mỹ Tây Co妹妹une.The project, with funding of VNĐ 三 五0 million (US$ 一 五,000) from WWF-Việt Nam, will help provide knowledge and skills for a team of  一0 volunteers from the village.“It is a significant effort made by the co妹妹unity to protect the endangered primates. They (local villagers) patrolled the  三0ha primary forest area – where the primates live – following irregular visits at nearby log farms,” Vỹ said.“We provided equipment, the Spatial Monitoring Reporting Tool (SMART) for conservation and protection of wildlife, data recording during jungle trips over a total of  一 五0ha of protective zone,” he said.He added the project would include improving awareness among the co妹妹unity and illegal hunters on wildlife and protection of biodiversity.A fire-free zone was set up on a  七0ha log farm – a safe habitat for the gray-shanked douc langurs, he added.Chairman of the provincial people’s co妹妹ittee, Lê Trí Thanh, said the province had been seeking a fund of $ 四. 四 million to restore a  一00ha area as a safe habitat for the gray-shanked douc langurs.