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Quang Binh targets sustainable preservation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Domestic and foreign officials, experts and scientists raised proposals to raise the efficiency of management over the UNESCO-recognised Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh at a symposium on June 30.
Quang Binh targets sustainable preservation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park ảnh 1The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park contains terrestrial and aquatic habitats. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Binh (VNA) – Domestic and foreign officials,experts and scientists raised proposals to raise the efficiency of managementover the UNESCO-recognised Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the centralprovince of Quang Binh at a symposium on June 30.

The event was jointly held by the provincial People’sCommittee, the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism as part of activities celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UNSCO’s recognition of the park as a world natural heritagesite (July 5, 2003).

The participants also looked into achievements inthe heritage preservation as well as obstacles to the work.
Quang Binh targets sustainable preservation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park ảnh 2At the symposium (Photo: VNA)
In his opening remarks, Chairman of the provincialParty Committee Tran Thang said Quang Binh will do its utmost to preserve andexploit the heritage reasonably, effectively and sustainably in line with law,and relevant international conventions.

The locality will also closely coordinate with themanagement board of the Hin Nam No National Park of Laos, which borders the PhongNha-Ke Bang National Park, to form a unique tourist site of Southeast Asia andthe world as well, he said.

At the event, Quang Binh called on internationalorganisations, scientists and researchers to continue to decode values of theheritage, and work out sustainable preservation solutions.

According to the UNESCO, the Phong Nha-Ke BangNational Park comprises an area of 123,326 ha and contains terrestrial andaquatic habitats, primary and secondary forest, sites of natural regeneration,tropical dense forests and savanna and is rich in large, often spectacular andscientifically significant caves.

The property contains and protects over 104 km ofcaves and underground rivers, making it one of the most outstanding limestonekarst ecosystems in the world. The Son Doong Cave, first explored in 2009, isbelieved to contain the world’s largest cave passage in terms of diameter andcontinuity.

A large number of faunal and floral species occurwithin the property with over 800 vertebrate species recorded comprising 154mammals, 117 reptiles, 58 amphibians, 314 birds and 170 fish. The propertyclearly has impressive levels of biodiversity within its intact forest cover,notwithstanding some gaps in knowledge of the population status of some species.

With its invaluable values, the park has been twice recognisedby UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage Site, with the second in 2015. It hasalso been recognised by the Prime Minister as a special national site./.

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