Protection of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys in Ha Giang

International wildlife and conservation organization (FFT) in collaboration with

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(Photo: TTO)

Ha Giang Provincial People's Committee and Ha Giang Provincial FPD have conducted conservation activities, supporting local authorities and local people in protecting populations of Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys - endemic primates and rare.

Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys were discovered by scientists at Du Gia Nature Reserve, Ha Giang province in January 2002, with 50 to 60 individuals.

In order to raise awareness of the conservation of Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys for ethnic people in the areas where these rare and precious species are found, the Provincial Forest Protection Department has collaborated with the People's Committees of districts and communes to organize propaganda on This method of conserving primate species for over 5,000 households living around the area and in the reserve. After being disseminated knowledge, people committed to not hunting, trapping and catching this primate.

People of ethnic minorities Mong, Dao, Giay, Tay in 3 districts found that the snub-nosed monkeys have also abandoned the practice of slash-and-burn cultivation, so they did not change the habitat, creating an environment for rare animals This lives and grows.