Save the langurs

Each douc langur was collected by the forest rangers in Quang Nam from the people and transferred to the Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park (Ninh Binh), they will be taken care of by experts here. , treatment.

With the principle of returning the langurs back to the forest where they live, after the period of nursing, treatment, from here they will be brought to the " original place " at the appropriate time. The Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park has saved dozens of injured precious langurs such as the white-headed langur (one of 25 species named in the world red book), kept captive for reproduction and released to the lips. natural school.

Must keep as a legacy

As the adjacent forest area between communes in three districts (Phu Ninh, Tien Phuoc and Bac Tra My) in Quang Nam, the management of forest areas in the suckling area is not easy to implement."There is no one in the middle of this deep forest that they can hunt. The big wooden tree that they still saw when they stole it, could only move, let alone the langur just put it in its back pocket." - Mr. Thanh, our guide, said. The Kor people in Tra Sung said that compared to the monkeys in the region, the " population " of langurs is much less, maybe the langurs reproduce less and also because they are hunted.

Old forest at the foot of the mountain Duong Ba Du was cut down by people in Tam Lanh commune (Phu Ninh district, Quang Nam) to plant trees, to harm the habitat of this mountain langur herds (Photo: Huynh Van My)

But the most worrisome thing for the langurs in Tra Sung is environmental: is there any forest for them to live in the coming time? Certain areas in these forest areas have not been violated due to the preservation of Kor villages. But in the contiguous forest areas - where the langurs often come to eat - have been compromised by theft."These are some places for logging to build houses for the people under the 134 program of the State. But it is said that people often surpass the target," Thanh pointed to the vacant deforested forests in Tien Lap. Tea Kót, say. Being hunted, the place of refuge is violated, perhaps the reason why the langurs here are slowly increasing their numbers and becoming too afraid of humans.

How to preserve langurs as a local heritage? Chairman of Tam Lanh Commune People's Committee Bui Quang Minh urged : "We know that our forest has a langur herd, so in 2006, we proposed to have a plan to protect the langurs early, but so far we have not seen anything. there is only a way to propagate for relatives to protect the langurs ". President Minh also said that he was less afraid of the langurs being hunted by leaving them elsewhere because their habitats were violated.

Yet, according to Mr. Minh, regardless of the theft of the timber, two months ago the function of Tam Lanh commune caught two blocks of exploited wood in the langur forest area. In addition, according to our records, there are nearly 1.5 ha of old forests at the foot of Duong Ba Du mountain which has just been cut down by people to plant forests (including about 1 ha of communes not yet known). " It is unfortunate that there are no plans to protect the langurs here yet. But even more regretful if due to the delays in the superior sector, these langurs are no longer here. " President Minh expressed.

"Young people do not face nature and the environment"

Cuc Phuong National Forest (Ninh Binh) after the wet and slimy mud and mud, there was a young girl weaving through the groves of trees, choosing the youngest leaves in her basket. While brushing away the blood-thirsty squeezed ones on the calves, the young girl grinned and explained: " Each langur must eat 8-16 different types of leaves, only one of them will be at risk of losing the stomach. so the night or night rain must also pick the leaves enough '.

The young girl is Nguyen Thu Trang (born in 1990), a former student of Amxtexdam (Hanoi), currently working at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the project team leader " WWF's behavior change in reducing consumption of wildlife products " .

For two years now, Trang has come to Cuc Phuong National Primate Rescue Center to eat together, sleep with langurs and gibbons to have the most realistic and vivid materials when writing a Primate Rescue Handbook. Vietnam . Previously, in 2005 when he was an 11th grade student, in Thailand international sciences fair 2005, Thailand international sciences fair, set of images and information "Rubble Langur" Gray's footwork called for help "by Trang in many national forests appreciated by the organizers and called it" young people who do not turn back to nature and the environment ".

At present, Trang's handbook has been completed with basic objectives such as providing information to accurately identify primates, especially some endangered langurs in Vietnam for conservation. ; how to rescue primate, first aid measures when primates are injured; describe the natural environment of primates; The primate release process returns to nature . The handbook was also sent to WWF by Trang to wait for approval of implementation funding. If approved, this is the first and most complete manual on primate conservation in Vietnam.

With a series of achievements in environmental contests for domestic and international students, Trang has received a three-year university scholarship specializing in wildlife conservation at Liverpool John Moores University (UK)."But if the project is approved, Trang will temporarily reserve the course to stay in the country," Trang said.

HUYNH VAN MY - TRAN DINH TU