After nearly 20 reports, presentations, and additional speech at the seminar, the participants expressed their wish soon complete documents to local Government and relevant agencies early planning and decision-in order to Phia Oac - side to become national parks.
Addressing the workshop, Prof. Dr. Dang Huy Huynh said that Phia Oac forest area to meet all the criteria of a national park in accordance with the Law on Forest Protection and Biodiversity .
Engineer Vu Van Dung, the foresters have many time Phia Oac survey - side to, simultaneously participate in planning most the the national parks in Vietnam - said that this place the absolutely the criteria, deserves the become the the 31 st. national parks of Vietnam.
Through surveys, research and synthesis of relevant documents, the scientists say: This is a forest still kept the primary focus. Ecosystems evergreen moist, sub-tropical high mountains, low mountains; mixed forest, fourthestory structure with large coverage, including dwarf forest ecosystems, forest moss characteristic. Ecosystems contain thousands the plant the animal species including the very high value species. Specific is humpbacked flavor, slices the lotus, honey, the investigate, parts, and many valuable medicinal plants.
Engineer Le Tran Chan, Centre the Local Environment & Territorial Organization, said the humidity and temperature are the two main speed decided to create the unique dwarf mossy forests in the Phia Oac Many dwarf trees in the forest the few hundred years, worthy of honor Vietnamese heritage trees.
In addition, the fauna is also very rich with 16 species in the Red Book of Vietnam, and critically endangered species the risk the extinction.
"With typical dwarf forest, mossy forest is unique, special forest Phia Oac - Phia Den all deserve to be national parks", Prof. Dang Huy Huynh, Vice-President of the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) said.
According to Dr. Nguyen Dinh
Hoe (VACNE), Nguyen Binh should quickly wake potential and develop community-based tourism, local heritage, eco-tourism, adventure tourism, cultural tourism history the order the contribute the increased income for thelocal people, contribute to the budget of the province and the the same time contribute to the conservation the not have to wait until the official decision Phia
Oac to become the new national park.
"We come back here to find out further clarify the content and criteria of the national park, will advise the Provincial People's Committee to the next step to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Government to soon bring regionsOac side - side to the national parks, "Dr. Sinh said.
Currently the area of special forest Phia Oac more than 10,000 hectares of that proposed by scientists Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment of Vietnam and the Central Land Environment & Organization Territory, an area proposed building gardencountry is 20 480 hectares of primary forest is 9,500 hectares.
Mr. Nguyen Sinh Cung, Deputy Director, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Bang province, expressed his pleasure to support this, but also suggest ed scientists to do further research the area and scale to fit local circumstances.
Mr. Huynh said, "Only when built into national parks, Phia Oac to the new investment and strict protection, conservation of special-use forest ecosystems of the region, biodiversity conservation, restorationthe development of social and economic sustainability of Nguyen Binh Cao Bang province in particular and in general. "
Concluded the conference, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Sinh happy very high consensus of scientists, hope the cooperation between the help of the party committees, and the local authorities in order to achievegoals set out, contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality.
Dr. Nong Hong Thai, a former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary Cao Bang, President Union of Science and Technology Cao Bang province, expressed his thanks to the scientists and wish the ProtectionNature and Environment Vietnam continues to improve schemes to Phia Oac to soon become national parks to conserve resources that natural gift for Cao Bang, and livelihood development for local peoplemethod.
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