Wild beauty of U Minh Thuong National Park

with prominent biodiversity of a special wetland, the U Minh Thuong National Park in Kien Giang province was recognised as the 2,228th Ramsar site in the world.

Small white storks in their nest in U Minh Thuong (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

Bats hang ​on tree braches (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

The U Minh Thuong National Park covers 21,800 hectares (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

A Dien dien - oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) in U Minh Thuong (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

A sunda pangolin. U Minh Thuong is home to 32 species of mammals, 186 species of birds, 50 species of reptiles, 60 species of fish and 203 species of insects (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

The park’s peat bog forest plays a crucial role in the prevention of acidification of topsoil and surface water (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

The U Minh Thuong National Park ​harbours 243 species of plants (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

An Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) (Photo: WF Vietnam)

The park also serves as a spawning and nursery area for fish and shellfish, while filtering surface water (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

Ramsar, or the Convention of Wetlands, is an intergovernmental treaty that provides a framework for conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. It was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975 (Photo: WWF Vietnam)

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