Summary
Dong Ampham National Biodiversity Conservation Area is an extensive protected area which covers a significant part of Attapeu Province and Sekong Province in the southeast corner of Laos on the border with Vietnam. It covers the northeastern part of Attapeu Province and southeastern part of Sekong Province.
| Dong Ampham National Biodiversity Conservation Area | |
|---|---|
| Dong Ampham National Protected Area | |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)[1] | |
  Location of Dong Ampham in Laos | |
| Location | Attapeu and Sekong provinces, Laos |
| Coordinates | 15°6′27″N 107°25′28″E / 15.10750°N 107.42444°E |
| Area | 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi) |
| Designation | National |
| Designated | 1993 |
| Governing body | Department of Forestry (DOF), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) |
The heavily forested area, covering about 200,000 hectares, forms one of the National Biodiversity Conservation Areas of Laos. It was established on 29 October 1993.[2][3]
Geography edit
The park is on the western slope of the Annamite Range and is mostly hilly, rising to over 2,000 meters elevation in the northeastern portion of the park along the border with Vietnam.[4] Rivers flowing through the park include Xe Kaman River and Xe Xou River, tributaries of the Mekong.[5] The volcanic Nong Fa Lake is in the protected area.
Flora and fauna edit
It contains "some of the last intact areas of lowland and tropical forests remaining in mainland Southeast Asia."[6] Main plant communities include semi-evergreen forest and dry evergreen forest, with secondary vegetation in areas disturbed by shifting cultivation.[4]
The wetlands are home to populations of Siamese crocodiles and Asian elephants, and large cats are known to inhabit the protected area.[2] Large carnivores in the area include the sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), leopard cat (Panthera bengalensis), Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminickii), and clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). It is also home to the threatened primates red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) and yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae).[4]
The protected area is home to several limited-range and threatened bird species, including the black-hooded laughingthrush (Garrulax milleti), great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), and Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli). It is designated an Important Bird Area.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2023). Protected Area Profile for Dong Ampham from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Dong Ampham NBCA (DAP)" (PDF). ASEAN. Retrieved 21 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dong Ampham National Biodiversity Conservation Area". Protected Planet. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d BirdLife International (2023). Important Bird Area factsheet: Dong Ampham. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ Claridge, Gordon (1996). An Inventory of Wetlands of the Lao P.D.R. IUCN. p. 32. ISBN 978-2-8317-0319-0. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ^ Islam, Nahid (1 January 2010). The Law of Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Options for Regional Regime-building in Asia. Kluwer Law International. p. 257. ISBN 978-90-411-3196-6. Retrieved 21 July 2012.