Vietnam has nine biosphere reserves with a total area of 4 million hectares, accounting for 12.1 percent of the country’s total natural land area. These reserves are home to 1.78 million people.
Nearly 500 plants from five species have bên planted on 10,000 hectares of a forest in Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, recognised in 2012 by UNESCO as one of eight biosphere reserves in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has approved a 74 billion VND
(3.44 million USD) budget for a project on urgent protection of wild
elephants in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to the
provincial Forest Protection Department.
Frequent conflicts between wild elephants in the southern province
of Dong Nai and local residents have increased the need for urgent
protection of the endangered mammal.
The Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve has officially become the 580 th
biosphere reserve of the world and one of the eight world biosphere
reserves in Vietnam.
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