Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam
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Implementer
Ninh Bình Forest Protection Department, community rangers, Endangered Primate Rescue Center and Fauna & Flora partners
Location
Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam20.3859, 105.8606
Description
Van Long Nature Reserve protects the largest known population of Delacour's langur through reserve management coordinated between the Ninh Bình Forest Protection Department, community-led patrol teams (including former hunters), the Endangered Primate Rescue Center, and Fauna & Flora. Work includes securing limestone habitat and extending protection to nearby populations within the species' restricted range.
Metrics
1Estimated Delacour's langurs in Van Long Nature Reserve120individuals
Lessons learned
- Community patrols are more effective when local participants hold legitimate, formally recognised roles with long-term institutional backing — recruiting former hunters has been a specific strategy here.
- Protecting the core refuge population is insufficient without simultaneously addressing limestone quarrying, which remains an unresolved habitat-loss driver.
- Securing satellite populations adjacent to the main reserve is a necessary component of species-level recovery, not an optional add-on.
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