Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development experts have finalized surveys and research for the establishment of two nature reserves, Khe Net and Khe Nuoc Trong.
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Khe Net forest will become Khe Net Nature Reserve in the near future. |
According to the surveys, Khe Net, located in the northwest Quang Binh, has an area of over 26,800 hectares, covering five communes of Huong Hoa, Kim Hoa, Thuan Hoa, Thanh Hoa and Lam Hoa in Tuyen Hoa district.
This is one of several low-land, tropical forests in Vietnam with 841 species of high-level floral species and 282 terrestrial spiral animal species, including 42 endangered floral and 60 fauna species.
Khe Nuoc Trong’s biodiversity is also very high, with 987 species of high-level floral species and 227 terrestrial spiral fauna species. This forest is located in Kim Thuy commune, Le Thuy district and border the Vietnam-Laos frontier and Quang Tri province’s Bac Huong Hoa nature reserve.
Both Khe Net and Khe Nuoc Trong are listed in plans for Vietnam’s nature reserves approved by the Government in 2003.
The Forest Protection Agency of Quang Binh has sent survey results to Quang Binh authorities. After being reviewed, Quang Binh will submit the documents to MARD for approval.
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