Meeting to rescue the Hinh river crocodile

Recently, in Hanoi, the authorities had to hold a meeting to rescue the wild Siamese crocodiles living in Song Hinh, Phu Yen due to the threat of a dam.

Siamese crocodile footprints were found at the survey site in Hinh district, Phu Yen.

On April 4, the Wetland Sustainable Biodiversity and Conservation Program (MWBP) issued a notice, saying on March 30, in Hanoi, scientists and scientists The sponsors and managers of relevant ministries discussed the rescue for the newly discovered wild crocodile in Song Hinh district, Phu Yen province.

The reason for the meeting is because the area where these Siamese crocodiles live is threatened by the upcoming Ba River dam.

These are wild Siamese crocodiles (living in the wild) first discovered in Vietnam. Earlier, it was believed that crocodiles had no longer existed in nature in Vietnam.

It was the villagers and fishermen in Song Hinh district who discovered this Siamese crocodile in December 2004.

By June 2005, the Program for Conservation of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MWBP), Institute of Tropical Biology (ITB), International Conservation of Flora and Fauna (FFI) - Cambodia together Local authorities have coordinated a survey and survey of this information and confirmed the existence of wild C. siamensis in the area is real.

Later, the Institute of Tropical Biology confirmed, found new traces of an individual freshwater crocodile weighing about 100 kg on a slope of a lagoon. Subsequent observations led to the conclusion that there was certainly a small population of Siamese crocodiles living in the surveyed area.

Siamese crocodile is thought to be extinct in the wild in Vietnam, but recently, it has been found to be alive in the river Hnhnh, Phu Yen.In the photo: A Siamese crocodile is being raised in HCMC.

' This finding is very important for Vietnam because this wild freshwater crocodile (Siamese crocodile - Crocodylus siamensis) was once considered to be no longer in the natural environment, ' said Alvin Lopez, expert. MWBP's Wetland Ecology says.

Siamese Crocodile has been classified as the Critically Endangered by the World Conservation Organization (IUCN).

What makes scientists interested now is that the habitat of these crocodiles will become a reservoir in the Ba Ha hydroelectric dam system.

The dam is nearing completion and when it is put into operation, the current crocodile habitat will be flooded, leading to loss of habitat and nesting of wild crocodiles.

However, according to the scientists' disclosure, the previous Environmental Impact Assessment report of the Ba Ha hydropower dam project did not mention the existence of this rare animal.

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