Develop a dossier to establish Langbiang Biosphere Reserve

Lam Dong Province and concerned agencies are preparing steps to develop a proposal for Langbiang World Biosphere Reserve to submit to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for consideration. recognized in the near future.

Langbiang Biosphere Reserve is expected to cover nearly 260,000 ha; in which, the core zone covers more than 56,220 ha, the buffer zone is nearly 85,569 ha and the transitional area covers over 117,670 ha. The entire biosphere reserve spreads over Da Lat city and districts: Lac Duong, Lam Ha, Duc Trong and Don Duong. Notably, the core zone of the biosphere reserve is the Biduop National Park - Nui Ba , the National Conservation Center for Biodiversity with over 2,000 plant species and nearly 400 animal species, including 127 Rare species in the Red Book.

According to the Steering Committee for the construction of the Langbiang Biosphere Reserve file, the Langbiang Plateau area has now met the criteria to become a biosphere reserve in the world. That is: Representative ecosystem; the meaning of biodiversity conservation; opportunities for sustainable development; Community involvement; clear management, policy and governance mechanisms, including research, education and supervision. The parties also agreed on the expected criteria and area of ​​the biosphere reserve; collect and investigate contents related to biodiversity, people's livelihood, economy, society, history and culture in the biosphere reserve.

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Currently, the Steering Committee is cooperating with Biduop National Park - Nui Ba to build an expected map of the biosphere reserve and synthesize reports on biodiversity of the National Park on animals, plants, vegetation, aquatic life and biodiversity conservation management; determine conservation value, economic value, typical value of Langbiang animal and plant species. Implementation of the topic of collecting and processing plant and animal samples is also underway.

In the coming time, the Steering Committee will continue to work with the National Committee of the Vietnam Program for People and Biosphere to review the contents of the thematic reports on civil, economic and social issues; survey and supplement some contents on tourism activities, indigenous culture and human ecology; completing maps and data of biosphere reserves, completing the logo of the biosphere reserve. It is expected that Vietnamese documents will be completed in August and the English dossier will be completed by the end of September and submitted to UNESCO.

At the technical consultation meeting and the recent organization of Langbiang Biosphere Reserve, Professor, Dr. Nguyen Hoang Tri, President and Secretary General of the National Committee for the Vietnamese People and Biosphere Program, said: 'The value of Langbiang Biosphere Reserve is a cultural connection with the Central Highlands and the use of culture to preserve nature, demonstrating the philosophy of' people with nature ', but bearing colors. native'.

Mr. M.Hasegawa - Senior Advisor of JICA Organization (Japan), also said that for Langbiang Biosphere Reserve to be soon recognized by UNESCO, all related organizations need to comply with a mandatory principle It is the connection between people and nature and at the same time developing a common consensus about goals and directions.

According to experts, it is necessary to investigate additional community participation and the role of socio-political organizations in conservation and development activities; additional investigation of scientific research activities; Additional images of ecosystems, forest animals and plants, festivals, tourism activities, environmental education and propaganda activities . to complete the Langbiang biosphere reserve file before submitting to UNESCO .