Son Tra Nature Reserve

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Conservationist devoted to protecting primates

Having initially begun her involvement in wildlife protection as a volunteer with Education for Nature - Vietnam (ENV) in 2007, 34-year-old Le Thi Trang from Da Nang was named among the world’s top ten conservationists, called “Hotspot Heroes”

Rangers drive monkeys back into forest on COVID-19 alert

Forest rangers have been attempting to drive troupes of monkeys (stump-tailed macaques) back to Son Tra Nature Reserve in the central city of Da Nang.

Sustainable protection needed for Son Tra Reserve

Human activities in the Son Tra Nature Reserve had changed the basic instincts of langurs and monkeys, while threatening the primate population with human-to-wildlife transmitted diseases, according to biologist Tran Huu Vy.

Forest school opens in Da Nang

Central Vietnam's first forest school has been launched in Son Tra Nature Reserve to provide an outdoor education site for school students in the central city of Da Nang.

New world species in Son Tra nature reserve announced

Reports about three new species of the ginger family – Newmania cristata, Newmania gracilis and Newmania sontraensis (Zingiberaceae: Zingibereae) – found in central Vietnam were officially published by Phytotaxa (a botany journal) 

Tracking langurs in Son Tra Nature Reserve

Having graduated with a degree in biology and environmental studies from the Da Nang Teachers’ Training College, Bui Van Tuan has explored remote forests across central Vietnam to conduct his scientific research

Hotels, resorts threaten rare primates

 VietNamNet Bridge – Recent rapid construction of more than 20 hotels and resorts in Son Tra Nature Reserve is threatening the survival of highly endangered langurs and other wildlife. 

Exhibition shows biodiversity of VN, Taiwan

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Giang, a 12-year-old student in Hanoi, was impressed by a photo of the Sphingidae Moth Caterpillar terrifying predators with its snake-like shape.

Da Nang fails to comply with PM order on Son Tra Reserve

The administration of the central city of Da Nang has failed to comply with the Prime Minister’s request for detailed plans to resolve the clash between the need to preserve the Son Tra Nature Reserve 

New book describes the fight to protect Son Tra Nature Reserve

Son Tra Nature Reserve, just 10km away from downtown Da Nang, is home to incredible biodiversity, but rapid development threatens the plant and animal life there. 

Son Tra langurs threatened by resort plan

More than 237 herds of red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus), comprising over 1,300 individuals, were reported living in the Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang.

Illegal hunter convicted for killing endangered langur

 VietNamNet Bridge – The central city’s People’s Court rejected poacher Nguyen Van Ly’s appeal of a three-year conviction at a hearing on Monday.

Unique Son Tra Reserve under threat

The Son Tra Nature Reserve – the green lung of Da Nang - will turn into a desert, and the world’s biggest population of red-shanked douc langurs will become extinct unless rapid development of hotels and resorts there is not stopped.

Da Nang: Houses in reserve to be razed

 VietNamNet Bridge – Authorities plan to demolish 68 illegally built houses, villas and restaurants in the Son Tra Nature Reserve if the households are not dismantled before a September deadline.

Son Tra Nature Reserve biodiversity threatened

 VietNamNet Bridge – Overlapping efforts and poor management among agencies pose serious threats to biodiversity in the Son Tra Nature Reserve, a biologist said during a dialogue on protecting the red-shanked douc langur.

More forests destroyed in Son Tra Nature Reserve

VietNamNet Bridge – Local administration discovered illegal logging in another area of the protected Nature Reserve on Son Tra peninsula Monday. Two other locations were found destroyed in the same area last week. 

Monkey bites a tourist in Son Tra Mountain

 VietNamNet Bridge – A monkey bit a tourist on Saturday morning while a group of students visited the Son Tra Nature Reserve.

Green guards of Son Tra Nature Reserve

 VietNamNet Bridge – Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang, known for its rich biodiversity, is home to 200 Red-Shanked Doucs - a kind of langur that was declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2013.

Son Tra, kingdom of rare primate

VietNamNet Bridge – Son Tra Nature Reserve is not only a well known ecotourism destination but also the kingdom of brown/red shanked doue langers with the world's largest number of about 530 doue langers.