Ha Giang teams up with FFI to protect Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys
(VOVWORLD) - The People’s Committee of Ha Giang and Fauna&Flora International (FFI) Vietnam on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding until 2027 on the conservation of the endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey and certain flora species.
 The Ha Giang administration and FFI sign the MoU on the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey conservation on July 21, 2022. (Photo: VNA) |
The two will conduct studies of the monkey and flora populations and habitat, recover and expand the forest biotope, set up an ecological corridor, and prevent and reduce human-caused threats to Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys and their biotope.
They will also apply advanced technologies to conservation and awareness improvement, and help with capacity building for the parties involved in biodiversity conservation.
Ha Giang is now home to about 200 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys, a primate indigenous to Vietnam. They are facing the greatest risk of extinction in the world as a result of poaching and narrowed habitat caused by deforestation.