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Dr Tung T. Bui1 , Mr Hien T. Pham2, & Mr Tuyen T. Le2 1Office
of the Communist Party of Cathai District, Haiphong City, Vietnam 2Office of the Cat Ba Biosphere Reserve, Haiphong City, Vietnam
Presentation at the 57th World Conference of the ISSS in Haiphong 14-19 July 2013
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CAT BA ARCHIPELAGO, VIETNAM
Cat Ba Archipelago
Cat Ba Archipelago, Vietnam
CAT BA ARCHIPELAGO, VIETNAM – Proposed UNESCO World Heritage 2
HHC_25/11/2010
WORLD TITLES
2004: UNESCO/MAB Biosphere Reserve 2011: Under consideration UNESCO World Heritage Site
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CAT BA BIOSPHERE RESERVE MANAGEMENT
ZONATION: 3 integrated zones Core Area: 8.500 ha Buffer Zone: 7.741 ha Transition Area: 10.000 ha
BIODIVERSITY VALUES Present typical ecosystems types of Vietnam
3.885 species of fauna & flora
OUTSTANDING NATURAL VALUES
7 adjacent Ecosystems evolving in karst archipelago: Mangroves, Primary tropical rainforest on limestone island karst hills, Caves and grottos, Marine lakes, Tidal flats, Soft bottoms, Coral reefs.
Critically Endangered Cat Ba endemic Langur and 3,885 species of fauna and flora
BIODIVERSITY VALUES Total: 3,885 species of fauna & flora (2,163 land species, 1,711 marine species, 11 fresh water fish species). - Land species: 55 mammals, 160 birds, 47 reptiles, 21 amphibians and 1,561 vascular plants. - Marine species: 196 fish, 193 corals, 658 zoo benthos, 131 zooplankton, 400 phytoplankton, 31 mangroves and 102 species of seaweed species
Discovery of New species 1999: Hạ Long Cycad; 2006: Larger Grey-nosed Bat; 2009: Cat Ba Gecko; 2011: Tonkin lizard; 2012: Griffin Bat. Many species are believed to be unrecorded in the wild of the Cat Ba BR
RARE & ENDEMIC SPECIES Cat Ba Langur (Golden Headed Langur): top 25 most endangered primates Cat Ba Gecko, discovered in 2009 (Total 21 endemic species)
Cat Ba gecko
Cát Bà langur
CAT BA GEO FORMS VALUES Outstanding geomorphical values: Mature Karst landscape flooded by the sea A Tectonic Transition Boundary between Devonian – Carboniferous periods (~360 million years ago)
Traditional culture
Dragon boat racing
Annual Fishing Village Festival on 1st April
Cai Beo Relics (6,000-4,200 yrs ago)
Cát Bà: Vietnam Islands and Marine Records 09 records in Vietnam Islands and Marine area: 1. Spratly Islands (Truong Sa) – Most offshore archipelago 2. Trà Cổ - Longest beach 3. Cát Bà – Archipelago with most islands and islets (366) 4. Hòn Khoai – nearest to the equator 5. Hạ Long Bay – bay with most islands 6. Phú Quốc – biggest island 7. Tam Giang - Cầu Hai – largest bungalow 8. Nam Yết – Largest MPA 9. Lý Sơn – island district with highest population density
Cat Ba Biosphere Vietnam‘s national conservation and development at the June 2012
Reserve is showcased as a good practice in combining development for sustainable UN Conference on SD, Rio+20,
CATBA BR – EVOLUTIONARY LEARNING LABORATORY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SLIQ – MAB Vietnam innovative approach to designing and managing Biosphere Reserves
Society Stakeholders
Landscape planning
Intersectoral Coordination
Quality Economy
Systems Thinking SLIQ – House of Sustainable Development (Prof Hoang Tri 2011)
First SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION: CAT BA BIOSPHERE RESERVE LABEL 1st in Vietnam’s network of BRs -Launched and applied since 2007, make use of the CBBR Logo to registered as a value added Label for local products and services; - Applied for 5 groups of products and The Cat Ba services: Fish sauce, Bee Honey, Tourist Biosphere Reserve Label Boat Services, Recreational parks, Hotel, guest house and restaurant.
CBBR labeled products
CBBR labeled products
CBBR labeled products
Other CBBR labeled products and services
1. Cat Ba Forest flower Bee honey of the Nha Viet Company, 2. Holiday View hotel 3. Huong Duong hotel 4. Prince hotel 5. Boat services of the Tùng Long Co, 6. Nam Cat resort 7. Goi Stream resort 8. Sea Pearl hotel 9. Hung Long Harbour hotel 10. Lepont hotel 11. Yen Thanh hotel 12. Quang Anh restaurant 13. Noble house 14. Lan Hạ hotel 15. Sun & Sea hotel 16. Dream hotel 17. Neptune Restaurant
CAT BA BR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUND (2011)
1st of its kind in Vietnam BRs Cat Ba Sustainable Development Fund (an initiative of MABVN/CBBR 2007), currently engaged by 12 private businesses, UNESCO and University of Adelaide with donations of VND 1,5 billion.
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