Hon Trung Con Dao sets record for largest bird breeding ground in Vietnam

The Management Board of Con Dao National Park (Ba Ria - Vung Tau) has just received the title of Heritage Tree and the Record Certificate for Hon Trung Bird Sanctuary.

On November 29, Mr. Nguyen Khac Pho, Director of the Management Board of Con Dao National Park (Con Dao district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) said that the Vietnam Record Organization has just awarded the Certificate of Hon Trung record as the seabird sanctuary with the highest breeding density in Vietnam to the Management Board of Con Dao National Park.

According to Mr. Pho, Hon Trung is an important small island of Con Dao National Park , with an area of ​​nearly 2 hectares, deserted, with only grass and rocks. However, this place has become the habitat and breeding ground of many rare bird species such as: Black-backed Tern, Large-crested Tern, White-bellied Budgerigars, White-rumped Swiftlets, Grey-headed Terns. The average surveyed egg density is 4.88 eggs/ ^m2 .

Hon Trung is the seabird sanctuary with the highest breeding density in Vietnam. (Photo: Con Dao National Park).

The 237-year-old Black Star tree has been recognized as a heritage tree. (Photo: Con Dao National Park).

In addition, the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment has awarded certificates of recognition for 24 Heritage Trees to the Con Dao National Park Management Board. Including 1 Banyan tree at Hon Bay Canh (237 years old, 7m in circumference, 17m high); 1 Banyan tree at Ong Dung Beach (155 years old, 4.6m in circumference, 14m high); 1 Black Star tree at Bai Dai Beach (237 years old, 7.9m in circumference, 25m high) and a population of 21 Phong Ba trees at Hon Cau (119 years old, largest circumference 274m). Thus, up to now, the whole Con Dao district (Ba Ria-Vung Tau) has 105 Heritage Trees, including: Banyan, Lagerstroemia, Thi, Nhoi, Coc Do.

'This is a testament to the efforts of the Con Dao National Park Management Board in preserving and promoting the value of natural heritage and raising awareness of sustainable environmental protection,' said the Director of the Con Dao National Park Management Board.

Con Dao National Park has 1,077 plant species, belonging to 640 genera, of 160 families of vascular plants, in 6 plant phyla; 155 animal species belonging to 64 families, 26 orders including 25 species of mammals, 85 species of birds, 32 species of reptiles and 13 species of frogs, toads.

The forest vegetation of Con Dao National Park is typical of the tropical island forest ecosystem, expressed through the ecosystems of evergreen broadleaf forests, semi-deciduous broadleaf forests, bamboo forests and coastal mangrove forests.

Along with the conservation of natural forest ecosystems on the island, scientific research and conservation of some plant species have also been paid attention to and focused on over the past decades, with research and application topics such as: planting mangrove forests on sand and dead corals on some islands; reforestation after the Linda storm in 1997; research on the ecological characteristics and propagation of the Red Coc tree (an endangered and rare plant species) first found in Con Dao National Park. and many other conservation and research projects.

Besides conservation and scientific research, Con Dao National Park also focuses on preserving and promoting the value of trees, most of which are ancient trees, existing for a long time and containing great values ​​in culture, education, history, society, ecology, etc.

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