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Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve. Photo: VH
Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve was established under Decision 1183/QD-UB, dated July 7, 2010 of the People’s Committee of Quang Tri province, under the Quang Tri Provincial Forest Protection Department. Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve with a natural area of 23,456.71 hectares is an area with high biodiversity, playing an important role in watershed protection, water resource regulation and environmental protection.
Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve is located in 5 communes: Huong Lap, Huong Viet, Huong Phung, Huong Son and Huong Linh, Huong Hoa district. The mission of Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve is to conserve natural resources and biodiversity, including populations of rare animals and plants such as: White-crested pheasant, Ha Tinh langur, Sao la, large-antlered muntjac, striped rabbit… and Cinnamomum, Paphiopedilum, Agarwood…, in which, there are many species of animals and plants that are threatened with extinction. In addition, Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve also performs the task of maintaining the value of ecological services and the function of upstream protection forests for the Ben Hai, Rao Quan, Hieu and Se Pang Hieng rivers (Lao PDR), and maintaining water sources for the Rao Quan lake basin of the Quang Tri irrigation and hydroelectric project.
Known as an area with high biodiversity with the typical terrain of the lowest area of the Truong Son range, Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve is the only reserve located to the west of the Truong Son range with very diverse and rich flora and fauna resources listed in the Vietnam Red Book and the World Red Book. In particular, the ecosystem in the reserve stretches from an altitude of 150 to 1,700 meters above sea level, so there are many endemic species of flora and fauna that are of interest to many domestic and foreign scientists. The reserve has 283 species of plants, of which 59 are rare; some endemic species such as 109 species of mammals, 207 species of birds, 81 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 33 species of fish. Therefore, not only conserving natural resources, the officers and staff of Bac Huong Hoa Nature Reserve also carry out scientific research activities and build databases to serve the work of protecting and developing forests long-term and sustainably.
Source: Department of Natural Resources and Environment