From right: Associate Professors, Dr. Le Quang Minh, Dr. Duong Van Ni and Dr. Le Phat Quoi at a conference to gather expert opinions to develop a plan to preserve the ecosystem of Tram Chim National Park – Photo :Dang Tuyet
According to the draft plan of Tram Chim National Park, Phase 1 (2024–2025) aims to restore at least 50 hectares of golden grassland habitat to create a food source for red-crowned cranes; 30 hectares of pure ghost rice, about 70% of the remaining genetic resources; 20 hectares of Hoang Dau An flower and land reclamation affecting at least 430 hectares in subdivisions A1, A4, A5.
Phase 2 (2026–2032) will increase the area of habitats that need to be restored to several times that of Phase 1, with the goal that by 2032, at least 1,500 hectares will be required to improve and restore the ecology. Housing will be affected. , creating a food source for cranes.
The conference sought expert opinion to ensure harmony between biodiversity conservation and fire prevention during the dry season in the park. The pilot water level of phase 1 in area A2 is 155 cm, area A3 130 cm, area A4 125 cm and area A5 125 cm (depending on the level of culverts).
Dr. Tran Triet, member of the International Crane Association, said that the results of analyzing the quality of the water environment in Trầm Chiếm National Park over the period 2010-2022, show water levels remain high throughout the year since the end of 2016. Environmental change has taken a negative direction.
“So the goal of protecting the ecosystem will not be achieved in the garden while water levels remain the same as they have been for the last 7 years,” Mr Triot said.
In addition to the red-headed crane, Tram Chim National Park has 32 species of conservation value out of a total of more than 320 bird species that once lived here – Photo: Nguyen Van Hung
Associate Professor, Dr. Le Quang Minh – an expert in agricultural and environmental sciences – said that apart from legal issues, key to the project is the need for close coordination with the media, press and public information agencies. So that public opinion can comprehensively understand the goal of ecosystem conservation.
“Apart from the water level regulation system, there is also the issue of soil quality. I recommend careful survey. The upcoming plan will have great impact. Whether the land management should be plowed more or not, in my opinion, there will be less interference. ” “It would be better to go into nature,” Mr. Minh said.
Sharing the same opinion as experts, Dr. Duong Van Ni, director of the Wetland University Network, confirmed that measures to restore the ecosystem also have conservation implications, in addition to close coordination with the government. Dong Thap provincial authorities also require consistency in information, completeness, and objectivity.
According to Dr. Ni, the water level regulation plan in Tram Chim National Park has been implemented and researched by more than 100 domestic experts and dozens of international experts and students in each period in 2008, 2026 and 2022. 18 months, this is a very solid foundation. Keeping water levels high for many years resulted in “suffocation” of the ecosystem.
“We are in the final stages of surveying whether the cranes will return to Tram Chim over the next 2-3 years. I am concerned that in a few years the cranes will not remember the map to return,” Mr Nee said.
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